The Pomp Podcast

By Anthony Pompliano

Technology Business Investing

What's The Pomp Podcast about?

Host Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano talks to some of the most respected names in crypto and Wall Street to find out how intelligent investors from the new and old financial system are thinking about digital assets.

4.8

1,240 ratings

Download our free app to listen on your phone

LAST EPISODE

#540: Chad Barraford on Cro...

04.22.2021

Chad Barraford is a software engineer and the Technical Lead for THORchain. In this conversation, we discuss THORchain, how it works, why cross-chain swaps are important, how ShapeShift adopted the system, and what the impact on DeFi will be. ======================= ...

The Pomp Podcast episodes:

04.22.2021 #540: Chad Barraford on Cross-Chain Swaps Chad Barraford is a software engineer and the Technical Lead for THORchain. In this conversation, we discuss THORchain, how it works, why cross-chain swaps are important, how ShapeShift adopted the system, and what the impact on DeFi will be. ======================= ...
04.21.2021 #539 Jeremy Allaire on USDC’s Incredible Growth Jeremy Allaire is the co-founder and CEO of Circle, the company behind USDC, which is issued by regulated financial institutions, backed by fully reserved assets, redeemable on a 1:1 basis for US dollars. In this conversation, we discuss USD Coin, ...
04.20.2021 #538: Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letter Today is a special episode. I record the latest shareholder letter from Jeff Bezos, including what I think is most interesting as his last letter as CEO of Amazon. ======================= Public Rec is the first to bring tailored sizing to ...
04.19.2021 #537: Duncan Cock Foster on the NFT Boom Duncan Cock Foster is a co-founder of Nifty Gateway, the leading platform and exchange for digital art and NFTs. In this conversation, we discuss the current state of NFTs, successful drops, sale dynamics, digital museums, physical NFT displays, impact on ...
04.18.2021 #536: Rahul Sidhu on Police and Technology Rahul Sidhu is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SPIDR Tech. SPIDR Tech provides the world's first automated customer service software for public safety agencies around the world. In this conversation, we discuss the Taliban war wagon, racial profiling, ...
04.15.2021 #535 Wouter Witvoet on Decentralized Finance Wouter Witvoet is the CEO at DeFi Technologies (NEO.DEFI) and previously founded SecFi. In this conversation, we discuss decentralized finance, why he launched a public company, investing in Sovryn, NFTs, current adoption cycle, the legacy system, and what happens next. ...
04.14.2021 #534: MetaKovan on the Metaverse MetaKovan is a Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur, coder and angel investor. He holds one of the largest digital art and NFT collections in the world, including the winner of $69 million purchase of Beeple’s Everyday from Christie’s Auction House. In this ...
04.13.2021 #533: JP Richardson on Tokenizing His Equity JP Richardson is the founder and CEO of Exodus, one of the most popular crypto applications and blockchain wallets. In this conversation, we discuss the idea of tokenizing equity, benefits to a corporation, benefits to an investor, the biggest risks, ...
04.12.2021 #532: Zach Goldstein on Building The Best Pants Zach Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Public Rec, which makes the most comfortable leisure apparel. He has an unique solo founder story and has now grown Public Rec into 8 figures in revenue annually. In this conversation, we ...
04.09.2021 #531: Michael Lastoria on Pizza and Workplace Innovation Michael Lastoria is the co-founder and ceo at &pizza. In this conversation, we discuss mobile kitchens, pizza cubes, sharing the CEO’s cell phone number, balance between innovation and product, and how to be a good employer. ======================= Polymarket is the ...
04.08.2021 #530: Q and A In this special episode, Pomp answers questions taken from Twitter. He talks about balancing ambition and happiness, whether or not you should time markets, the likelihood of a bitcoin ban, and much more.
04.07.2021 #529: David Mercer on Institutional Trading Trends David Mercer is the founder and CEO of LMAX Group, which owns LMAX Digital, the leading trading platform for institutional investors. In this conversation, we discuss why institutions want to trade cryptocurrencies, how important latency and infrastructure is, how LMAX ...
04.06.2021 #528: Catalina Lauf on Freedom Catalina Lauf is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 16th Congressional District. She previously served as an advisor at the US Department of Commerce. In this conversation, we discuss misinformation, term limits, social media censorship, gun ...
04.05.2021 #527: Jessica Vaugn on Playmate Turned Bitcoiner Jessica Vaugn is a former Playboy Playmate who has reinvented herself as a talented photographer. She also has become a staunch proponent of bitcoin over the last few months. In this conversation, we discuss her career as a Playboy Playmate, ...
04.02.2021 #526: Raj Lala on Innovative Technology ETFs Raj Lala is President and Chief Executive Officer of Evolve ETFs. He previously served as head of WisdomTree Canada. In this conversation, we discuss disruptive technology, bitcoin, cyber security, cloud computing, electric vehicles, and eSports. ======================= Exodus is an absolute ...
04.01.2021 #525: Gary Hoberman on No Code for Enterprises Gary Hoberman is CEO and Founder of Unqork. Gary was formerly Executive Vice President and CIO of MetLife. In this conversation, we discuss automation, creativity, the no code movement, financial services, how recruiting will change, and why no code is ...
03.31.2021 #524: Anthony Di Iorio on Early Days of Bitcoin & Ethereum Anthony Di Iorio is primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and an early investor in Bitcoin. Di Iorio is the founder and CEO of the blockchain company Decentral, and the associated Jaxx wallet. He also served as the first ...
03.30.2021 #523: Chris Miller on Leading the Defense Industry During War Chris Miller previously served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense. Before that, Miller served as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Prior to serving in civilian leadership at the Department of Defense, Miller was a Green Beret, commanding 5th ...
03.29.2021 #522: Will Clemente on Bitcoin Analytics Will Clemente is a Finance Major at East Carolina University. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep dives on various onchain analytics. In this conversation, we discuss macroeconomics, quantitative easing, interest rates, ...
03.26.2021 #521: Scott Lynn on NFTs and Iconic Art Sales Scott Lynn is the Founder of Masterworks, which allows anyone to purchase and trade shares in iconic artworks. In this conversation, we discuss the high end art market, importance of scarcity, fractional ownership, digital art, Beeple, and NFTs. ======================= Exodus ...
03.25.2021 #520: Jordi Visser on Allocating Billions of Dollars Today Jordi Visser is President and Chief Investment Officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, which manages $1.7 billion in assets. In this conversation, we discuss the macroeconomic environment, the federal reserve, inflation, alternative assets, bitcoin, and digital assets. ======================= OKCoin.com is the ...
03.24.2021 #519: Synthesis: The Future of Childhood Education Synthesis is an innovative new way for young students to learn critical thinking and problem solving skills. Pomp was so fascinated with the program that he invested. This episode is with Josh Dahn, Chrisman Frank, and Ana Lorena Fabrega. In ...
03.23.2021 #518: Katherine Boyle on Innovation and Independent Thinking 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 can withstand the test of time. She co-leads General Catalyst’s seed platform. She focuses on early-stage ...
03.22.2021 #517: Jim Cramer on Bitcoin’s Performance and Future 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 conversation, we discuss bitcoin, gold, corporate treasuries, Wall Street, Gamestop, and ...
03.19.2021 #516: Narek Gevorgyan on Managing Your Crypto Portfolio Narek Gevorgyan is the founder of Coin Stats, a cryptocurrency research and portfolio management app available for iOS, Android and Desktop with over 500,000 active portfolios tracked worldwide. In this conversation, we discuss crypto portfolios, importance of user experience, decentralized ...
03.18.2021 #515: Justin Rhedrick on Bitcoin’s Power to Lift People Up Justin Rhedrick is best known as Bitcoin Vegan. Justin was tired of running the rat race, the seemingly never-ending paycheck to paycheck cycle working in retail merchandising and that’s when he decided to learn about Bitcoin back in 2016. In ...
03.17.2021 #514: Ted Seides on The LP Perspective Ted Seides, CFA has spent 25 years as an institutional investor, allocating money to managers. He started in 1992 at the Yale University Investments Office, seven years after David Swensen arrived at Yale. Ted spent five years learning under David’s ...
03.16.2021 #513: JP Richardson on Exiting The Traditional Financial System JP Richardson is the founder and CEO of Exodus, one of the most popular crypto applications and blockchain wallets. In this conversation, we discuss distrust in institutions, defi maturation, improving user experiences, the Exodus product suite, and their recent tokenized ...
03.15.2021 #512: Ken Goldin and Ross Hoffman on Collectibles 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 collectible and memorabilia auctions. Goldin Auctions recently received a large investment from The ...
03.12.2021 #511: Zach Herbert on Building Crypto Hardware Zach Herbert is founder and CEO of Foundation Devices, which is building open devices for a sovereign internet powered by Bitcoin. In this conversation, we discuss hardware wallets, open source wallets, Apple, Google, decentralized internet, restricting innovation, and what is ...
03.11.2021 #510: Jesse Walden on the Ownership Economy Jesse Walden is an investor at Variant Fund and previously worked on the crypto team at Andreessen Horowitz. In this conversation, we discuss the ownership economy, NFTs, social money, piracy, Compound, Uniswap, and locked value. ======================= Public Rec is the ...
03.10.2021 #509 Job van der Voort on Building A High Performance Remote Team 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 this conversation, we discuss asynchronous communication, documentation, international payments, Gitlab, off-sites, Remote.com growth, ...
03.09.2021 #508: Karen Petrou on the Federal Reserve & Wealth Inequality Karen Petrou is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, Inc., a privately-held company that since 1985 has provided analytical and advisory services on legislative, regulatory, and public-policy issues affecting financial services companies doing business in the U.S. ...
03.08.2021 #507 Beeple on Becoming The World’s Greatest Digital Artist 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 become worth millions of dollars per piece. In this conversation, we discuss digital art, ...
03.05.2021 #506 Ethan Buchman on Standardization And Interoperability Ethan Buchman is the cofounder of Cosmos. In this conversation, we discuss sustainable economic systems, localism, sovereignty, interoperability, proof of stake, and why standardization is so important. ======================= LMAX Digital is the leading institutional crypto currency exchange with current average ...
03.04.2021 #505: Daniel Scrivner on Great Design & Crypto 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 conversation, we discuss his time working at Square, why he took the Flow CEO ...
03.03.2021 #504: Michael Shaulov on Crypto Infrastructure Michael Shaulov is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, a secure digital asset infrastructure company. Prior to Fireblocks, he co-founded Lacoon Mobile Security, which was acquired by Check Point, and was then appointed the Head of Products, Mobile and Cloud ...
03.02.2021 #503: Marcus Swanepoel on Crypto in Emerging Markets 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. In this conversation, we discuss emerging markets financial infrastructure, myths of emerging markets, technology strategies ...
03.01.2021 #502: Robert Breedlove on Bitcoin As The Apex Predator Robert Breedlove is a bitcoin educator and runs the “What is Money?” show. In this conversation, we discuss the current state of bitcoin, corporate America protecting their balance sheets, when central banks will join us, and what the world will ...
02.26.2021 #501: Annabelle Huang on Crypto in Asia Annabelle Huang is a Partner at Amber Group, a leading crypto finance service provider. She previously served as the Asia Lead at Airswap and structured FX work at Nomura and Deutsche Bank. In this conversation, we discuss the crypto industry ...
02.25.2021 #500: Jonathan Chester on Being Paid in Bitcoin Jonathan Chester is the cofounder and CEO of Bitwage, one of the oldest bitcoin businesses helping employers pay their employees in bitcoin. In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin payroll, dollar cost averaging, remote work, stablecoins, and why employees are so ...
02.24.2021 #499 Danny Masters on Asset Management in Crypto Danny Masters is the Chairman of Coinshares, an asset management firm focused on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets. In this conversation, we discuss inside baseball markets, digitization, driverless banks, distribution, digital asset investment strategies, and deregulated markets. ======================= The ...
02.23.2021 #498 Edan Yago on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin 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 conversation, we discuss decentralized infrastructure, synthetic assets, Bitcoin, Ethereum, oracles, permissionless innovation, wrapped Bitcoin, and Bitcoin mutants. ...
02.22.2021 #497 Sahil Bloom On Financial Education 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's degree in public policy, both from Stanford University. In this conversation, we ...
02.19.2021 #496: Stani Kulechov on Decentralized Lending Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave, a leading startup in the decentralized lending space. In this conversation, we discuss decentralized finance, improving user experience and user interface, onboarding more developers, disrupting the banks, and decentralized lending. ======================= ...
02.18.2021 #495 James Peyer on Longevity and Curing Cancer James Peyer, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Biopharma, a Distributed Drug Discovery Company developing therapeutics targeting the biology of aging. Cambrian builds, finances, and manages a pipeline of therapeutics. In this conversation, we discuss the nine hallmarks ...
02.17.2021 #494: Ian Sigalow on Venture Capital as a Platform 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, digital assets, and Ian’s investments in Braintree, Venmo, Public.com, Plated, Buddy Media, and many others. ...
02.16.2021 #493 Brian Requarth on Startups in Latin America 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 the Entrepreneur: Founding, Scaling, and Raising Venture Capital in Latin America.” In this conversation, we ...
02.15.2021 #492: Chris Giancarlo and Jake Ryan on Crypto Regulation 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 serving in that role. Jake Ryan is the founder and CIO of Tradecraft Capital, ...
02.12.2021 #491 Jeremy Boynton on Digital Asset Active Management Jeremy Boynton is the Founder of Laureate Wealth Management, a comprehensive wealth management firm for affluent investors generally ranging from $5 million to $25 million in total net worth. In this conversation, we discuss value accrual, institutional adoption, active management, ...

Older episodes

The Pomp Podcast

What's The Pomp Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Pomp Podcast episodes:

#540: Chad Barraford on Cross-Chain Swaps

#539 Jeremy Allaire on USDC’s Incredible Growth

#538: Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letter

#537: Duncan Cock Foster on the NFT Boom

#536: Rahul Sidhu on Police and Technology

#535 Wouter Witvoet on Decentralized Finance

#534: MetaKovan on the Metaverse

#533: JP Richardson on Tokenizing His Equity

#532: Zach Goldstein on Building The Best Pants

#531: Michael Lastoria on Pizza and Workplace Innovation

#530: Q and A

#529: David Mercer on Institutional Trading Trends

#528: Catalina Lauf on Freedom

#527: Jessica Vaugn on Playmate Turned Bitcoiner

#526: Raj Lala on Innovative Technology ETFs

#525: Gary Hoberman on No Code for Enterprises

#524: Anthony Di Iorio on Early Days of Bitcoin & Ethereum

#523: Chris Miller on Leading the Defense Industry During War

#522: Will Clemente on Bitcoin Analytics

#521: Scott Lynn on NFTs and Iconic Art Sales

#520: Jordi Visser on Allocating Billions of Dollars Today

#519: Synthesis: The Future of Childhood Education

#518: Katherine Boyle on Innovation and Independent Thinking

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

#516: Narek Gevorgyan on Managing Your Crypto Portfolio

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

#514: Ted Seides on The LP Perspective

#513: JP Richardson on Exiting The Traditional Financial System

#512: Ken Goldin and Ross Hoffman on Collectibles

#511: Zach Herbert on Building Crypto Hardware

#510: Jesse Walden on the Ownership Economy

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

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

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

#506 Ethan Buchman on Standardization And Interoperability

#505: Daniel Scrivner on Great Design & Crypto

#504: Michael Shaulov on Crypto Infrastructure

#503: Marcus Swanepoel on Crypto in Emerging Markets

#502: Robert Breedlove on Bitcoin As The Apex Predator

#501: Annabelle Huang on Crypto in Asia

#500: Jonathan Chester on Being Paid in Bitcoin

#499 Danny Masters on Asset Management in Crypto

#498 Edan Yago on Decentralized Infrastructure for Bitcoin

#497 Sahil Bloom On Financial Education

#496: Stani Kulechov on Decentralized Lending

#495 James Peyer on Longevity and Curing Cancer

#494: Ian Sigalow on Venture Capital as a Platform

#493 Brian Requarth on Startups in Latin America

#492: Chris Giancarlo and Jake Ryan on Crypto Regulation

#491 Jeremy Boynton on Digital Asset Active Management

Other shows like The Pomp Podcast: