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The Pomp Podcast

#1320 Mauricio Tovar | Bitcoin Saves People In Latin America

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Mauricio Tovar is the Co-Founder at Tropykus.com and CEO at TRUWeb3. Tropykus Fiance offers simple digital loan and credit products focused on emerging economies. In this conversation, we talk about bitcoin in Latin America, governments and leaders, benefits, risks, stablecoins, DeFi, Web3, and what the future may look like.

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Transcript

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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

0:07.7

podcast, which is my effort to find the most interesting people in the world and sit with them for hours while I ask questions in an effort to learn. So it would mean the world to me if you would subscribe to the show on your favorite audio platform, watch episodes on YouTube,

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

0:31.8

Maricio Tovar. He is the founder of Tropicus. In this conversation, we talk about Bitcoin

0:36.4

and Latin America, what they're

0:37.9

seeing going on in that region, how stablecoins play into this, whether people are using Bitcoin

0:42.5

to save, spend, speculate, or anything else. I always enjoy talking to founders, and Maricio

0:48.3

has a very unique perspective, so I hope you enjoy this conversation. You learn something new about

0:52.7

Bitcoin in Latin America.

0:57.3

Here is my conversation with Mauricio Tovar.

1:00.7

Anthony Pompliano runs Pomp Investments.

1:07.2

All views of him and the guests on his podcast are surely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Pomp investments.

1:11.7

You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp or his guest as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as an

1:16.5

expression of his personal opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only.

1:22.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Base. Base is making it their mission to bring a billion

1:26.3

people on chain. What exactly is

1:28.5

base? It's a layer two offering a seamless experience for both builders and users. With near

1:34.2

zero gas fees and rapid transaction speeds, base is shaping the future of the on chain world.

1:39.2

Base is a canvas for everyone with hundreds of apps in the ecosystem, whether you're an emerging

1:43.5

creator,

1:47.8

a seasoned developer, or someone exploring the on-chain space for the first time.

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