#1317 Alex Tapscott | OG Bitcoiner Explains What He Is Excited About Now

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Alex Tapscott is the author of a new book, "Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier." Alex has been in the bitcoin and crypto industry for a long time. In this conversation, we talk about the current adoption of bitcoin, AR/VR, NFTs, metaverse, Web3, regulation, and how artificial intelligence plays into all of this.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Many of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp
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0:21.1	and tell your friends and family about the podcast. My goal is to help millions learn from the
0:26.5	world's most interesting people. So let's get in to today's episode. Today's episode is with
0:32.2	Alex Tapscott. He's the author of a new book, Web 3, charting the internet's next economic
0:36.9	and cultural frontier. Alex has been in the Bitcoin and crypto industry for a long time. He's the author of a new book, Web 3, charting the internet's next economic and cultural frontier.
0:38.5	Alex has been in the Bitcoin and crypto industry for a long time.
0:41.2	He's seen many different cycles, and his new book covers a whole bunch of stuff.
0:44.9	But where he sees the adoption of this disruptive technology occurring, we go over Bitcoin,
0:49.4	ARVR, NFTs, and how artificial intelligence plays into all of this as well.
0:54.5	Alex spends a ton of time thinking about the future and how technology can both improve our
0:59.4	lives, but also some of the potholes in the road that we should look out for.
1:03.0	I always enjoy talking to him because that feels like I get to peek into that future, and this
1:07.2	conversation was no different.
1:08.6	Here is my conversation with Alex Tapscott.
1:12.4	Anthony Pompleano runs Pomp Investments.
1:15.2	All views of him and the guests on his podcast are surely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Pomp investments.
1:21.8	You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp or his guest as a specific inducement to make a particular investment
1:28.0	or follow a particular strategy, but only as an expression of his personal opinion.
1:32.8	This podcast is for informational purposes only.
1:36.2	Today's episode is brought to you by Base.
1:38.4	Base is making it their mission to bring a billion people on chain.
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