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The Pomp Podcast

Ben Mezrich, Author of Bitcoin Billionaires: The Story of Bitcoin and the Future of Money

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ben Mezrich is the author of Bitcoin Billionaires, a story about Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' foray into digital money. Ben has also written multiple books, including the books that became The Social Network movie and 21. In this conversation, Ben and Anthony Pompliano discuss how he found the Bitcoin Billionaires story, what he learned while writing the book, why he's fascinated by Bitcoin, and what he believes the future of money holds. -----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 reach your financial goals of all sizes. Visit BlockFi.com/Pomp to learn more about putting your crypto to work without having to sell it. -----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.blockworksgroup.io

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to Off the Chain, simply the best podcast in crypto. Let's kick this thing off.

0:12.9

Ben Mesrick is the author of Bitcoin Billionaires, a story about Cameron and Tyler Winklewaffe's foray into digital money.

0:20.5

Ben has also written multiple books,

0:22.7

including the books that became the social network movie and 21. In this conversation,

0:28.1

we talk about how he found the Bitcoin billionaire story, what he learned while writing the book,

0:33.9

why he is fascinated by Bitcoin, and what he believes the future of money holds. I really enjoyed

0:40.4

this conversation and I hope you do as well. Before we kick off this podcast, first a word from our

0:46.8

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0:52.2

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0:54.9

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0:59.5

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1:04.8

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1:09.4

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1:12.0

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1:13.7

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1:17.0

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1:22.9

Anthony Pompliano is a partner at Morgan Creek Digital.

1:26.1

All opinions expressed by Pomp or his guests on this podcast are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Morgan Creek Digital or Morgan Creek Capital Management. You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as an expression of his opinion.

1:45.4

This podcast is for informational purposes only.

1:49.5

All right, guys, bang, bang.

1:51.5

I have been here, super excited to talk to him as I actually just finished reading the book

1:57.3

Bitcoin Billionaires.

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