What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Popliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening

Off the Chain, simply the best podcast in crypto. Let's kick this thing off.

Marty Bent is the editor-in-chief at Marty's Mint, a daily newsletter about Bitcoin. He's also

the host of Tales from the Crypt,

a podcast about Bitcoin. Marty is generally one of the most knowledgeable people in the space.

And this conversation covered all things Bitcoin, crypto mining, and why hash rate is

way more important than people are getting credit for. I hope you enjoy. Anthony Pompliano

is a partner at Morgan Creek Digital. 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. This podcast is for informational purposes only. So Marty's here. We got a bunch of stuff to

talk through today. Before we get started on the smart people stuff, let's just go through your

background real quick and how the hell you got into

crypto my background i think i have one of the most uh i don't know if i could say this for certain

but one of the most peculiar peculiar uh career past out of anybody i know so man we're starting

with big words peculiar i'm not very good at big words so so if I mess them up, don't make fun of me.

So I start, let's go back to college, I was studying economics in Chicago at DePaul University.

Luckily, they're living and going to school in Chicago.

You afforded some opportunities just being in the city. So I interned at a managed futures fund starting, I believe, the end of my junior year,

and then basically worked full-time my senior year and took night classes.

So Deerborn Capital Management, who ran a couple of LPs and a suite of 40 Act funds specifically investing in

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