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The Pomp Podcast

Nikhil Kalghatgi, Founding Partner at CoVenture Crypto: Why Aligning Incentives in Crypto is Challenging

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Nikhil Kalghatgi is a founding Partner at CoVenture Crypto. In this conversation, Nikhil and Anthony Pompliano discuss Nikhil's work at SoftBank, how to apply Moonshot Investing to digital assets, and what CoVenture is currently excited about as the crypto industry continues to mature. ----- 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.

0:13.0

Nikol Kalgadi is a founding partner at CoVenture Crypto. In this conversation, we discuss his work at SoftBank,

0:20.1

how to apply Moonshot investing to digital assets, and what co-venture is currently excited about as the crypto industry continues to mature.

0:27.4

This conversation was a ton of fun, and I hope you enjoy it nearly as much as I did.

0:32.2

Before we get started, I want to talk about one of our sponsors, BlockFi. These guys are doing really interesting work in crypto lending.

0:38.7

What they allow you to do is keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a U.S.

0:43.0

dollar loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10 million,

0:48.8

and they're perfect for helping you reach your financial goals of all sizes. You should visit

0:53.0

blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, that's blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, that's

0:55.1

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

1:01.1

more about putting your crypto to work without having to sell it. Definitely do it. Anthony Pompliano

1:06.6

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

1:13.3

and do not reflect the opinions of Morgan Creek Digital or Morgan Creek Capital Management.

1:17.9

You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp as a specific inducement to make a particular investment

1:23.2

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

1:28.3

This podcast is for informational purposes only.

1:32.7

All right, guys, super excited.

1:35.0

I've got Nikiel here.

1:36.0

We've got a ton to cover, so I'm not going to blab too much.

1:39.3

Just welcome.

1:40.5

Let's get this thing started.

1:41.8

Let's do it.

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