#1514 Nik Bhatia | Buying Bitcoin Makes Your Life 99% Cheaper
The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Nik Bhatia is the Founder of the Bitcoin Layer, and the author of a brand new book called “Bitcoin Age.” In this conversation we talk about bitcoin, it’s relationship between the dollar and other traditional assets, why self-custody is protected under the first amendment, what the US government should be doing with bitcoin, how they plan on helping the middle class, and what Nik thinks the future looks like.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Many of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp |
| 0:07.7 | podcast, which is my effort to find the most interesting people in the world and sit with them for hours while I ask questions in an effort to learn. So it would mean the world to me if you would subscribe to the show on your favorite audio platform, watch episodes on YouTube, |
| 0:21.1 | and tell your friends and family about the podcast. My goal is to help millions learn from the |
| 0:26.5 | world's most interesting people. So let's get in to today's episode. What's going on, guys? |
| 0:31.1 | We've got a great conversation with Nick Batya. He's the founder of the Bitcoin Layer |
| 0:34.7 | and the author of a brand new book called Bitcoin Age. |
| 0:37.9 | This conversation covers a lot, including why self-custody is protected by First Amendment. |
| 0:43.1 | We also talk about what's going on with Bitcoin and why prices continue to go down denominated in Bitcoin, but prices and dollars continue to skyrocket. |
| 0:50.9 | And then we talk about the current administration, what they're doing with the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, how they're going after the middle class, and what Nick thinks is going to |
| 0:58.2 | happen in the future when it comes to Bitcoin and the United States of America. I always enjoy |
| 1:02.4 | talking to Nick. He's a professor. He's incredibly smart. They do great research and they've got |
| 1:07.1 | lots of anecdotal data. And so whenever I talk to Nick, I learned something, and this conversation is no different. |
| 1:12.8 | Here's my latest conversation with Nick Batia. |
| 1:15.5 | Anthony Pompliano runs Pomp Investments. |
| 1:18.1 | All views of him and the guests on his podcast are surely their opinions and do not reflect |
| 1:22.9 | the opinions of pomp investments. |
| 1:24.4 | You should not treat any opinion expressed by Pomp or his guest |
| 1:28.1 | as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, |
| 1:32.8 | but only as an expression of his personal opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. |
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