Pascal Gauthier, President of Ledger: What is Cold Storage and Why Does it Matter?

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Pascal Gauthier is the President of Ledger, one of the most well known crypto hardware wallets, and the creator of the Ledger Vault for institutions. In this conversation, Gauthier and Anthony Pompliano discuss his past experience building a data company that Yahoo bought for over 500 million dollars, his time in venture capital, and the importance of cold storage and why you should care about it. ----- 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
0:06.3	Off the Chain, simply the best podcast in crypto. Let's kick this thing off.
0:15.6	Pascal Gautier is the president of Ledger, one of the most well-known crypto hardware wallets, and the creator of the Ledger Vault for institutions.
0:24.7	In this episode, we discussed his past experience building a data company that Yahoo bought for over $500 million,
0:30.5	his time and venture capital, and of course, the importance of cold storage and why you should care about it.
0:36.4	Aside from that, this is our last episode of 2018.
0:40.0	We'll see you again in January for Season 2 of Off the Chain.
0:44.3	Before we get started, I want to talk about one of our sponsors, BlockFi.
0:48.1	These guys are doing really interesting work in crypto lending.
0:51.2	What they allow you to do is keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive
0:55.2	a U.S. dollar loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10 million,
1:01.3	and they're perfect for helping you reach your financial goals of all sizes. You should visit
1:05.4	blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, that's blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, one more time,
1:10.3	type it in blockfi.com slash pomp if you'd like to learn more about
1:13.9	putting your crypto to work without having to sell it.
1:16.2	Definitely do it.
1:18.0	This podcast is presented by Blockworks Group, the only blockchain event and media production
1:22.4	company I trust.
1:23.5	If you're an investor, lawyer, accountant, or entrepreneur, and want to attend exclusive events
1:28.5	and dinners, visit them at blockworksgroup.io.
1:31.5	I promise you won't be disappointed.
1:35.8	Anthony Pompliano is a partner at Morgan Creek Digital.
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