The Pomp Podcast

#521: Scott Lynn on NFTs and Iconic Art Sales

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Lynn is the Founder of Masterworks, which allows anyone to purchase and trade shares in iconic artworks. In this conversation, we discuss the ...

#520: Jordi Visser on Allocating Billions of Dollars Today

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordi Visser is President and Chief Investment Officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, which manages $1.7 billion in assets. In this conversation, ...

#519: Synthesis: The Future of Childhood Education

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Synthesis is an innovative new way for young students to learn critical thinking and problem solving skills. Pomp was so fascinated with the program t...

#518: Katherine Boyle on Innovation and Independent Thinking

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Boyle is a partner at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that works with seed to endurance-stage founders to help build companies that...

#517: Jim Cramer on Bitcoin’s Performance and Future

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Cramer is the host of Mad Money on CNBC. He is a former hedge fund manager as well as an author and a co-founder of TheStreet.com. In this convers...

#516: Narek Gevorgyan on Managing Your Crypto Portfolio

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Narek Gevorgyan is the founder of Coin Stats, a cryptocurrency research and portfolio management app available for iOS, Android and Desktop with over ...

#515: Justin Rhedrick on Bitcoin’s Power to Lift People Up

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Rhedrick is best known as Bitcoin Vegan. Justin was tired of running the rat race, the seemingly never-ending paycheck to paycheck cycle workin...

#514: Ted Seides on The LP Perspective

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ted Seides, CFA has spent 25 years as an institutional investor, allocating money to managers. He started in 1992 at the Yale University Investments O...

#513: JP Richardson on Exiting The Traditional Financial System

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JP Richardson is the founder and CEO of Exodus, one of the most popular crypto applications and blockchain wallets.  In this conversation, we discus...

#512: Ken Goldin and Ross Hoffman on Collectibles

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Goldin is the founder and chairman of Goldin Auctions. Ross Hoffman is the new CEO of Goldin Auctions, which has grown into the industry leader in...

#511: Zach Herbert on Building Crypto Hardware

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Herbert is founder and CEO of Foundation Devices, which is building open devices for a sovereign internet powered by Bitcoin. In this conversati...

#510: Jesse Walden on the Ownership Economy

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Walden is an investor at Variant Fund and previously worked on the crypto team at Andreessen Horowitz.  In this conversation, we discuss the o...

#509 Job van der Voort on Building A High Performance Remote Team

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Job van der Voort is co-founder and CEO of Remote. He was previously the VP of Product at Gitlab, the largest remote organization in the world. In th...

#508: Karen Petrou on the Federal Reserve & Wealth Inequality

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Petrou is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, Inc., a privately-held company that since 1985 has provided analyt...

#507 Beeple on Becoming The World’s Greatest Digital Artist

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beeple is one of the world’s greatest digital artists. He started as a graphic designer and animator, but has seen his digital art NFT grow to becom...

#506 Ethan Buchman on Standardization And Interoperability

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Buchman is the cofounder of Cosmos. In this conversation, we discuss sustainable economic systems, localism, sovereignty, interoperability, pro...

#505: Daniel Scrivner on Great Design & Crypto

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Scrivner is the Chief Executive Office & Chief Designer Officer at Flow. Previously he was the Head of Design at Digit and Square. In this con...

#504: Michael Shaulov on Crypto Infrastructure

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Shaulov is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, a secure digital asset infrastructure company. Prior to Fireblocks, he co-founded Lacoon Mobi...

#503: Marcus Swanepoel on Crypto in Emerging Markets

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marcus Swanepoel is co-founder and CEO of Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company on a mission to upgrade the world to a better financial system...

#502: Robert Breedlove on Bitcoin As The Apex Predator

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Breedlove is a bitcoin educator and runs the “What is Money?” show. In this conversation, we discuss the current state of bitcoin, corporat...

#501: Annabelle Huang on Crypto in Asia

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Annabelle Huang is a Partner at Amber Group, a leading crypto finance service provider. She previously served as the Asia Lead at Airswap and structur...

#500: Jonathan Chester on Being Paid in Bitcoin

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Chester is the cofounder and CEO of Bitwage, one of the oldest bitcoin businesses helping employers pay their employees in bitcoin.  In thi...

#499 Danny Masters on Asset Management in Crypto

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Masters is the Chairman of Coinshares, an asset management firm focused on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets.  In this conve...

#498 Edan Yago on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is with Sovryn community founder Edan Yago. This podcast is a a recordeding from a Youtube Livestream on 2-15-21. In this conversat...

#497 Sahil Bloom On Financial Education

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sahil Bloom is a Vice-President at a Private Equity Firm, as well as a frequent contributor to CNBC. He also holds a degree in economics, and a master...

#496: Stani Kulechov on Decentralized Lending

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a leading startup in the decentralized lending space.  In this conversation, we discuss decentralized...

#495 James Peyer on Longevity and Curing Cancer

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Peyer, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Biopharma, a Distributed Drug Discovery Company developing therapeutics targeting the biology of a...

#494: Ian Sigalow on Venture Capital as a Platform

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Sigalow is a Co-Founder of Greycroft and a Partner in the firm’s New York office. In this conversation, we discuss the venture capital industry...

#493 Brian Requarth on Startups in Latin America

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Requarth is the co-founder and former CEO of Viva Real, the leading real estate marketplace in Brazil. He recently wrote a book titled “Viva t...

#492: Chris Giancarlo and Jake Ryan on Crypto Regulation

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Giancarlo is a lawyer who served as the prior Chairman of the CFTC. He earned the nickname of Crypto Dad for his innovative thinking while servi...

#491 Jeremy Boynton on Digital Asset Active Management

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Boynton is the Founder of Laureate Wealth Management, a comprehensive wealth management firm for affluent investors generally ranging from $5 m...

#490: Simon Chamorro on Crypto in the Developing World

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Chamorro is the co-founder and CEO of Valiu, which is making cross border payments much more effective for millions of people. I was so impresse...

#489 Dave Rodman on Law in the Decentralized World

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Rodman is the Managing Partner of The Rodman Law Group. He specializes in business, cannabis, crypto, IP, hemp, and securities law. In this conv...

#488: Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart on the Bitcoin ETF

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Seyffart is an ETF Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and Eric Balchunas is a Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.  In this c...

#487 Tony Thomas on Defense, Technology, and Leadership

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Thomas is a retired 4-star General and was the 11th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). General Thomas is one of our nation's...

#486: Ouriel Ohayon on Introduction to Crypto

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ouriel Ohayon is the CEO of ZenGo, a cryptocurrency wallet that has cutting-edge cryptography, security, and UX/UI for crypto assets. In this convers...

#485 Neil Sheppard on the Future of Derivatives

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Sheppard is the COO of Financial Services at Diginex, where he oversees capital markets, trading, exchange and trading products. Previously, he s...

#484: Nik Bhatia on Counterparty Free Money

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nik Bhatia is the author of the new book, Layered Money. He is an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at USC Marshall. In this conver...

#483 Matteo Franceschetti on Improving Your Sleep

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matteo Franceschetti is the cofounder of Eight Sleep, the world's leading sleep enhancement company. In this conversation, we discuss sleep fitness, ...

#482: Senator Lummis on Bitcoin and Government

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cynthia Lummis is a United States Senator from Wyoming. She is the first Senator in history to own Bitcoin and has become a strong advocate for the di...

#481 Brad Kam and Haider Rafique On Human Readable Domains For Exchanges

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Haider Rafique is the Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin and Bradley Kam is the cofounder of Unstoppable Domains. In this conversation, we discuss hum...

#480: Rahul Rana on Moonshot Ideas

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rahul Rana is an Associate at Lux Capital and the Author of “Making Moonshots." In this conversation, we discuss what a moonshot is, why they are i...

#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Morris Jr is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One. He was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder In this conversation, we di...

#478: Harley Finkelstein on Entrepreneurship

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and the President of Shopify In this conversation, we discuss Shopify, the expansion of the digital ec...

#477 Avichal Garg on His Crypto Thesis

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Avichal Garg is a co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Avichal is a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experi...

#476: Mason Jappa on The State of Bitcoin and Mining

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mason Jappa is the cofounder and CEO of Blockware Solutions, a blockchain infrastructure company and network advisory firm.  In this conversation, w...

#475 Robert Materazzi on Standardizing Crypto

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka, which bridges the gap between the complexities of blockchain data and traditional business needs. Formerly he wa...

#474: Josh Clemente on Improving Metabolic Health

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Clemente is the Co-Founder of Levels. Josh is a rocket scientist and worked at SpaceX for 6 years, managing the team that designed the life suppo...

#473 Everett Cook on Building A Modern Fintech

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everett Cook co-founded Rho Business Banking to fundamentally change the way businesses manage their finances. He also previously spent time as a macr...

#472: Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin and Black America

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Isaiah Jackson is the author of the best selling book “Bitcoin and Black America.” He is one of the most underrated people in the Bitcoin ecosyste...

#471 Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar is the CEO of IOVLabs, which is focused on leveraging RSK to build decentralized infrastructure for the Bitcoin ecosystem. I...

#470: Kevin Rose on Decentralization on the Internet

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Rose is an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He has been building compelling products for a long time and ...

#469 Ric Edelman on RIAs Investing In Bitcoin

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ric Edelman is the chairman and co-founder of Edelman Financial Services, LLC, the author of several personal finance books and the host of a weekly p...

468: Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito on Crypto Media

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito are cofounders of Blockworks, a new media business focused on helping institutional investors understand Bitcoin a...

#467 Lauren Johnson on the Performance Mindset

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Johnson is the Mental Conditioning Coordinator at the New York Yankees, where she is responsible for aiding in the development of athletes and ...

#466: Cliff Hudson on Scaling Sonic Nationally

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cliff Hudson is a business executive best known for serving as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Sonic Corp. He...

#465 Dave Collum on The Wild Year of 2020

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Collum is a Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. He is a popular staple of FinTwit and writes one of the best annual summaries at the en...

#464: Mitch Garber on Understanding Bitcoin

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mitch Garber is an investor and entrepreneur from Canada. He was previously the CEO of Caesars Interactive Entertainment and has served on the Board o...

#463 Griffin Johnson on Building Generational Wealth

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Griffin Johnson is one of the most famous TikTok stars on the planet. He recently has begun spending more time investing, along with creating companie...

#462: Josh Richards on Becoming an Entrepreneur

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Richards is one of the most famous TikTok stars in the world. He has recently started to spend most of his time as an investor and entrepreneur. ...

#461 Chamira Gamage on Potential Pardon for Julian Assange

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chamira Gamage is a Philanthropy Manager at Amnesty International and cofounder at Thinkrs.io.  In this conversation, we discuss Julian Assange’s ...

#460: Ilir Sela on Empowering Local Pizzerias

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ilir Sela is the founder and CEO of Slice, the easiest way to order your favorite local pizza. In this conversation, we discuss small business challe...

#459: George Goldsmith on Improving Mental Health

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

George Goldsmith is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of COMPASS Pathways, which aims to treat depression through psychedelic mushrooms.  In ...

#458: Rameez Tase on Subscription Business Models

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rameez Tase is co-founder & CEO of ANTENNA Analytics, a new media measurement company using an advanced data approach to provide analytics for subscri...

#457 Liron Shapira on Relationships and Rationality

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Liron Shapira is the co-founder and CEO of Relationship Hero. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founding his first company at age 21, which raised over $1...

#456: Eddie van der Walt on Gold and Bitcoin

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eddie van der Walt is a financial journalist at Bloomberg based in London, with a background in covering commodity markets, an awareness of currencies...

#455 Kate Clark and Amir Efrati on the Technology Industry

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Clark is a reporter for The Information, covering venture capital and startups, with a specific interest in fintech. Amir Efrati is the Executive...

#454: Rafael Ilishayev on Scaling a Consumer Business

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rafael Ilishayev is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of goPuff. A first-generation immigrant, Mr. Ilishayev grew up in an entrepreneurial family in the New Yor...

#453 Nick Huber on Profitable Real Estate Investing

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Huber is an entrepreneur and investor. He owns a number of self-storage facilities and also previously built a large student storage business. Ni...

#452: Alex Gladstein on Funding Bitcoin Development

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum since its in...

#451 Christian Angermayer on Investing in Innovation

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Angermayer is the founder and CEO of Apeiron Investment Group, which serves as his family office. Christian has previously built and investe...

#450: Jed McCaleb on Building Payment Technologies

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jed McCaleb is the co-founder and the CTO of Stellar. Prior to co-founding Stellar, McCaleb founded and served as the CTO of the company Ripple until ...

#449 Polina Pompliano on The World’s Most Successful People

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder and author at The Profile, which is a community that studies the world’s most successful people and compani...

#448: Mike Solana on Independent Thinking

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Solana is a Vice President at Founders Fund focused on community and brand. He runs creative programming and is the creator / producer of Anatomy...

#447 Ryan Sekis on Crypto Theses for 2021

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Selkis is the founder of Messari, an open data library and curation tool that helps researchers, investors, and regulators make sense of the cryp...

#446: Lyn Alden on Investing Across Asset Classes

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, which provides market research to hundreds of thousands of individual investors and financi...

#445: Nicole Arbour on Creating Viral Content

05 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Arbour is a comedian and digital renegade that has racked up more than 1 billion video views online. She is constantly reinventing the game, bo...

#444 Raoul Pal on Bitcoin & The Macro Economy

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Raoul Pal is the cofounder and CEO of Real Vision. He spent his entire career as a successful macro investor, retired at an early age, and is one of t...

#443: McKenzie Collins on Providing For Your Family

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

McKenzie Collins is the owner of Mack’s Flooring Installations. He is an everyday person who lives in Canada and has discovered Bitcoin over the las...

#442 Edwin Dorsey on Short Selling

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Edwin Dorsey is the creator and writer behind the Bear Cave newsletter, where he covers the weekly developments in the short selling community. His wo...

#441: Kevin O’Leary on Alternative Assets

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin O’Leary is a Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality. He is a Shark on ABC’s hit show Shark Tank and has had nu...

#440 Sergey Nazarov on Oracles and Smart Contracts

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sergey Nazarov is the CEO of Chainlink, where he is focused on smart contracts and oracles.  In this conversation, we discuss decentralized finance,...

#439: Brad Garlinghouse on Crypto Regulation

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple.  In this conversation, we discuss crypto regulation, the US approach compared to other jurisdictions, whethe...

#438 Diogo Monica on Crypto Custody

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Diogo Monica is the Co-Founder and President of Anchorage. Anchorage brings the world’s most advanced and proven security architecture to cryptocurr...

#437: Nic Carter on Measuring Bitcoin’s Growth

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nic Carter is a Partner at Castle Island Ventures and a Co-Founder of CoinMetrics. In this conversation, we discuss Bitcoin’s market cap all-time h...

#436 Dan Tapiero on Gold and Bitcoin

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Tapiero has more than 25 years of experience investing across asset classes on Wall Street and is one of the most well-known macro investors in th...

#435 Zach Cox the 12-year old Trading Wonder

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Cox is a 12-year old from the UK who recently gained popularity on the internet. Here is his story.

#434: Max Rofagha on Building Internet Communities

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rofagha is founder and CEO of Finimize, one of the world’s largest and most engaged finance communities. Max previously founded DeinDeal, an onl...

#433 Eric Siu on Hacking Revenue on the Internet

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Siu is the CEO of digital marketing agency Single Grain. Single Grain has worked with companies such as Amazon, Uber and Salesforce to help them ...

#432: Michael Weisz on Investing in Alternative Assets

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Weisz is co-founder and President of YieldStreet, an investing platform that believes in the power of technology to drive equality and transpa...

#431 Yoni Assia on eToro’s Incredible Growth

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yoni Assia is the founder and CEO of eToro, the largest social trading platform in the world. He has been a Bitcoin proponent for almost a decade and ...

#430: Nikhil Basu Trivedi on The Mind of a Venture Capitalist

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nikhil Basu Trivedi is a venture capitalist who has spent the last decade investing in various successful startups, including Canva, Imperfect Foods, ...

#429 Bo Jiang on Secure Virtual Cards

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bo Jiang is the co-founder and CEO at Privacy.com, a company focused on protecting your privacy online. Their team builds easy to use online privacy a...

#428: Ronan Levy Gives An Overview of Psychedelics

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ronan Levy is a pioneer in the medical cannabis and psychedelic industries. He is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Field Trip, along with a pa...

#427 Andrew Wilkinson on Why He Buys Certain Companies

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Wilkinson is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Tiny. He previously founded MetaLab, one of the world’s top design agencies. He has gone ...

#426: Ryan Denehy on How To Be A Startup CEO

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Denehy is a 3x entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Electric, which is revolutionizing IT support with the world’s first automated IT platform. ...

425: Eliza Orlins on Criminal Justice Reform

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eliza Orlins is a Manhattan public defender who has represented thousands of New Yorkers over the last decade. She is currently running for Manhattan ...

#424: Bradley Kam on Crypto Payments

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Kam is the Co-Founder of Unstoppable Domains. In this conversation, we discuss crypto payments, real world IDs, oracles, how to access the decen...

#423 Brock Blake on Small Businesses During The Pandemic

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brock Blake is founder and CEO of Lendio, an online marketplace for small business loans. Lendio offers borrowers access to loan options from more len...

#422: Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster on Digital Art

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster are the founders of Nifty Gateway, which was recently acquired by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss’ Gemini crypto exchang...