#396: Matt Leising on the Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Matt Leising is a Los Angeles-based reporter with Bloomberg News covering the derivatives markets. He moved to Los Angeles from New York as part of Bloomberg's West Coast expansion. In this conversation, we discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum, the DAO, crypto Twitter's understanding of finance, and Matt's new book "Out of the Ether." ============================== Crypto.com is the only all-in-one platform that allows you to BUY / SELL / STORE / EARN / LOAN / INVEST crypto all from one place. Join over 1 million users currently using the Crypto.com app. Download and earn $50 USD using my code ‘pomp2020’, or use the link https://platinum.crypto.com/r/pomp2020 when you sign up for one of their metal cards today. ============================== Coinbase Wallets are adding support for .crypto and .zil domains through their partnership with Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains provides an all-in-one solution for blockchain domains. You can send money using these new domains instead of long Bitcoin wallet addresses, while also storing your domain in Coinbase's collectibles section. Go to unstoppabledomains.com in the dapp browser to register and manage your domains. ============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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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 the Pomp podcast.
0:06.0	Simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Matt Leysen is a Los Angeles-based
0:12.8	reporter with Bloomberg News covering the derivatives market. He moved to Los Angeles from New York
0:17.6	as part of Bloomberg's West Coast expansion. In this conversation,
0:21.5	we discussed Bitcoin, Ethereum, the Dow, Crypto-Twitters' understanding of finance, and Matt's
0:26.2	new book out of the ether. I highly suggest reading the book, so go pick it up today at Amazon
0:31.3	and everywhere else books are sold. Before we get into this episode, I want to quickly talk about
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