Haseeb Qureshi is an advisor to Metastable Capital. In this conversation, Haseeb and Anthony Pompliano discuss how success metrics for blockchain protocols are different from traditional companies, why narratives follow rather than lead, how to think about the smart contract wars, and why Bitcoin holders are so important. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10,000,...
Jun 12, 2019•43 min
Mason Borda is the CEO of TokenSoft. In this conversation, Mason and Anthony Pompliano discuss the framework he uses to think through digital securities versus non-securities, what TokenSoft does, what it means for a security to be programmable, and what most people don't understand about digital securities. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start earning in exchange for you time. Simply download, register and discover microtask...
Jun 11, 2019•46 min
Dave Hendricks is the Co-Founder & CEO of Vertalo. In this conversation, Dave and Anthony Pompliano discuss the structural issues in the legacy system, how we can fix them, what it means to tokenize venture funded companies, and how you at home could benefit from this movement. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10,000,000, and they're perfect for helping you ...
Jun 10, 2019•52 min
Camila Russo is an author and a former Bloomberg News reporter. In this conversation, Camila and Anthony Pompliano discuss how she discovered Bitcoin while covering the Argentina's financial markets, why crypto has captured her interest, how traditional journalists view crypto and Bitcoin today, why she is writing the book on Ethereum, and what stories she has learned along the way. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.T...
Jun 07, 2019•46 min
Clay Collins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nomics, a company focused on crypto market data. In this conversation, Clay and Anthony Pompliano discuss how crypto market data works, what the biggest challenges are, why exchange data transparency, and identification of fake volume is so important, and how the price you see on most crypto websites gets there. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by B...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of Zcash, and one of the most experienced people in crypto. In this conversation, Zooko and Anthony Pompliano discuss all things privacy, freedom, decentralization, the original battle between governments and technologists for encryption, and how the current privacy technology for crypto is likely to evolve moving forward. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWor...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Simon Yu is the CEO & Co-Founder of Storm. In this conversation, Simon and Anthony Pompliano discuss cryptocurrency adoption, incentives, and where crypto is headed over the next few years. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start earning in exchange for you time. Simply download, register and discover microtasks that meet your interests and be rewarded with Storm Bolts. These Bolts can then be converted and withdrawn into yo...
Jun 04, 2019•46 min
Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder & CEO of Figure, a financial technology company leveraging Blockchain and analytics to deliver better financial products. In this conversation, Mike and Anthony Pompliano discuss how Figure works, why it is growing so quickly, where Blockchain makes sense in the traditional financial system, and why Mike thinks there is such a big opportunity for automation in finance. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan f...
Jun 03, 2019•29 min
Joseph Weinberg is Co-Founder of Shyft Network and CEO of PayCase Financial. In this conversation, Joseph and Anthony Pompliano discuss mining Bitcoin in 2010, moving to live with a tribe in the Amazon forest, plant based medicine, and the idea of building an interoperable, permissioned blockchain. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that p...
May 31, 2019•53 min
Ted Livingston is the CEO of Kik. In this conversation, Ted and Anthony Pompliano discuss building one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, the challenges with creating sustainable business models for these products, how cryptocurrencies could be a solution, where Kik is with the regulatory battle they're currently in. Pomp plays devil's advocate to throw Ted every negative argument about Kik and Kin he's ever heard. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagu...
May 30, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Yoni Assia is the Founder & CEO of eToro. In this conversation, Yoni and Anthony Pompliano discuss their backgrounds in the military and what they learned from those experiences, how eToro started and why Yoni got them into crypto, DAOs, and the future of eToro's US expansion. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights in...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Richard Muirhead is the Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures. In this conversation, Richard and Anthony Pompliano discuss privacy by design, rational optimism, data sovereignty, the importance of encouraging experimentation, the key components of Web 3.0, and modern monetary theory. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start earning in exchange for you time. Simply download, register and discover microtasks that meet your interests ...
May 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Tom Teman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Portis. In this conversation, Tom and Anthony Pompliano discuss the usability issues in the cryptocurrency industry, how those issues could potentially be fixed, what Portis does, and why it's so essential to gaining user adoption across crypto. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insigh...
May 27, 2019•39 min
Anatoly Yakovenko is the CEO and Co-Founder of Solana. In this conversation, Anatoly and Anthony Pompliano discuss underwater hockey, Iron Man triathlons, self-custody of identity, the current use cases for high performing Blockchains, the complexities around sharding, and where we are with staking and validating. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content a...
May 24, 2019•38 min
Bitcoin Sign Guy is known as the Bitcoin Sign Guy. In this conversation, BSG and Anthony Pompliano discuss crypto anarchy, Bitcoin art, privacy, freedom, rule of law, code as free speech, and Bitcoin's macro trends. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blo...
May 23, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Steve Ehrlich is the CEO of Voyager, a cryptoasset broker made for every investor. In this conversation, Steve and Anthony Pompliano discuss the brokerage business, the wild west of crypto, and Voyager. Steve has some wild stories from the early days of crypto. Listen & enjoy! ----- Monarch is building the future for those interested in one wallet that consolidates the best services and functionality into one simple and easy to use app, Monarch will empower users to control all aspects of th...
May 22, 2019•44 min
Tory Reiss is the Co-Founder of TrustToken. In this conversation, Tory and Anthony Pompliano discuss Mt. Gox, Silk Road, the challenges with tokenizing assets, drug decriminalization, criminal justice reform, financial literacy, and the automation of personal finance. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start earning in exchange for you time. Simply download, register and discover microtasks that meet your interests and be rewarde...
May 21, 2019•1 hr 32 min
Santiago Siri is the founder of the Democracy Earth Foundation. In this conversation, we discuss what democracy actually means, how technology can improve governance in different ways, why he started a political party, how he helped implement quadratic voting in a US state, and where blockchain technology can create real world impact in the short term. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by Bl...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Preston Van Loon is an Ethereum Protocol Developer and Co-Founder of Prysmatic Labs. In this conversation, we discuss testing frameworks, working at Google, blcokchain scalability, Ethereum 2.0, sharding, Ethereum Foundation Grants and what Preston and his team are building at Prysmatic Labs. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide...
May 17, 2019•47 min
Ami Ben-David is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at SPiCE VC, and Founder at Ownera. In this conversation, we discuss tokenized securities, the role of bankers in the financial system moving forward, how freedom and privacy are related, and where Ami believes the biggest opportunities in digital securities exist today. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive co...
May 16, 2019•59 min
Nic Carter is a Partner at Castle Island Ventures and a Co-Founder of CoinMetrics. In this conversation, we discuss financial service organizations interest in cryptocurrency, the quality of data in crypto, what areas of Bitcoin and crypto Nic is excited about investing in, and then we play a game of FUD dice. ----- Monarch is building the future for those interested in one wallet that consolidates the best services and functionality into one simple and easy to use app, Monarch will empower user...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Nevin Freeman is the Co-Founder of Reserve. In this conversation, we discuss stablecoins, the future of crypto currencies, and the current challenges with crypto as a store of value. ----- Curious about Cryptocurrency but don’t know where to begin? Storm Play is a free and fun way to start earning in exchange for you time. Simply download, register and discover microtasks that meet your interests and be rewarded with Storm Bolts. These Bolts can then be converted and withdrawn into your favorite...
May 14, 2019•58 min
George Harrap is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bitspark. In this conversation, George and Anthony Pompliano discuss money transfer solutions, stablecoins, and how the current money transfer ecosystem has become bloated and slow. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: http...
May 13, 2019•44 min
Jai (Danny) An is the Co-Founder & CEO of TrustToken. In this conversation, Jai and Anthony Pompliano discuss brain implant technology, automation of knowledge and value, how TrustToken built their crypto infrastructure, and the founding story of TrueUSD. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and bloc...
May 10, 2019•50 min
David Wachsman is the Founder and CEO of Wachsman, a professional services firm focused on Blockchain and based in NYC. In this conversation, David and Anthony Pompliano discuss how startups can get the press' attention, what are the most common marketing mistakes made by young companies, how Wachsman has seen crypto companies evolve over the bull and bear markets, and where the big opportunities in professional services are moving forward. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with y...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Patrick O'Kain is a special agent for the DEA. In this conversation, Patrick and Anthony Pompliano discuss Patrick's time conducting intelligence work in Iraq, how he was trained to work in the DEA, what it's like chasing Mexican drug cartels, how criminals are currently using cryptocurrency, and where Patrick sees Bitcoin and crypto going in the future. All views and opinions expressed by Patrick are his alone and do not represent the DEA or the U.S. government. ----- Monarch is building the fu...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Chris Berry is Co-Founder and Partner of The Green Block Group. In this conversation, Chris and Anthony Pompliano discuss how technology is viewed in Washington DC, how politicians interact with constituents, what state treasurers do on a daily basis, and the work that Chris and Josh Mandel did at the Ohio State Treasurer's office in building OhioCrypto.com. We discuss how it works, and what was the response from those involved. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagu...
May 07, 2019•44 min
William Quigley is the CEO at OPSkins and WAX Token. In this conversation, William and Anthony Pompliano discuss working at Disney, the importance of monetizing intellectual property, why William's work at Bell Labs Capital got him so excited about crypto early, how video games are monetizing today, and what William sees as the big opportunities for the intersection of crypto and Digital Skins moving forward. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, ra...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 41 min
Jae Kwon is the Founder & CEO of Tendermint. In this conversation, Jae and Anthony Pompliano discuss consensus algorithms, Game of Stakes, nation-state surveillance, climate change, cow farts, life on mars, and liquid-solid states of matter. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, ...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Charlie Lee is the founder of Litecoin. In this live conversation, Charlie and Anthony Pompliano discuss the early days of Coinbase, why Charlie originally built Litecoin, how crypto has evolved over the last decade, what the current challenges in the industry are, and where Charlie sees Bitcoin and Litecoin going in the future. ----- Monarch is building the future for those interested in one wallet that consolidates the best services and functionality into one simple and easy to use app, Monarc...
May 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min
