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The Pomp Podcast

Eduardo Gómez: An on the Ground Perspective from Venezuela

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Eduardo Gómez is the head of support at Purse.io, a native Venezuelan who has been working to expand adoption and awareness of Bitcoin throughout his country. In this conversation, Gómez and Anthony Pompliano discuss the current political issues in Venezuela, the hyper inflation of the bolívar, the creation of the petrodollar, the rapid adoption of Bitcoin, and he explains what's actually going on in his come country. ----- Join the Off the Chain newsletter. Pomp's daily email analyzes the crypto market for institutional investors. Simply, it’s the best crypto newsletter delivered to your inbox every morning. No frills. No bullsh*t. Just everything you need to know in a 3-minute read. https://offthechain.substack.com/ ----- BlockFi 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 podcasting crypto. Let's kick this thing off.

0:12.9

Eduardo Gomez is the head of support at Firstio and a native Venezuelan who has been working to expand adoption and awareness of Bitcoin throughout his country.

0:21.5

In this conversation, we discussed the current political issues in Venezuela,

0:25.5

the hyperinflation of the boulevard, the creation of the petro dollar, the rapid adoption of Bitcoin,

0:32.2

and he explains what the hell is actually going on in his home country.

0:35.8

This conversation was absolutely fascinating,

0:38.0

and I hope you enjoyed nearly as much as I did. Before we get started, I want to talk about one of

0:43.4

our sponsors, BlockFi. These guys are doing really interesting work in crypto lending. What they allow you to

0:49.1

do is keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a U.S. dollar loan funded directly to your bank account.

0:55.7

They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10 million, and they're perfect for helping you reach

0:59.9

your financial goals of all sizes. You should visit blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, that's

1:04.7

blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, one more time, type it in blockfi.com slash pomp if you'd like to

1:10.6

learn more about putting

1:11.3

your crypto to work without having to sell it. Definitely do it. Anthony Pompliano is a partner

1:17.1

at Morgan Creek Digital. All opinions expressed by Pomp or his guests on this podcast are solely

1:22.2

their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Morgan Creek Digital or Morgan Creek

1:26.3

capital management. You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp as a specific inducement to make a

1:31.9

particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as an expression of his opinion.

1:37.8

This podcast is for informational purposes only.

1:42.8

All right, guys, I'm super excited to bring you this special episode.

1:47.1

I have Eduardo calling in.

1:50.7

Eduardo, thank you so much for taking that time to help us better understand the situation

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