April 28, 2025
#1539 Fred Thiel | Why the U.S. Needs a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — Before It’s Too Late
The Pomp PodcastAbout this episode
Fred Thiel is the Chairman & CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA), a digital asset company that mines cryptocurrencies with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and the generation of digital assets. This conversation was recorded at Bitcoin Investor Week In New York. In this conversation we talk about what Marathon Digital currently does, AI vs bitcoin mining, evaluating what is happening at the nation state level, gold vs bitcoin mining, hardware in bitcoin mining, and what Marathon Digital plans to do in the future. ======================= BitcoinIRA : Buy, sell, and swap 75+ cryptocurrencies in your retirement account. Take 3 minutes to open your account & get connected to a team of IRA specialists that will guide you through every step of the process. Go to https://bitcoinira.com/pomp/ to earn up to $500 in rewards. ======================= Core is the leading Bitcoin scaling solution, enabling you to lock in yield by locking up your Bitcoin. Simply lock it on the Bitcoin blockchain to secure the Core network, and get rewards. No bridging. No lending. Just holding. Still your keys. Still your coins. Now your yield. Start at stake.coredao.org/pomp. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 265,000+ 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://pomp.substack.com/ ======================= View 10k+ open startup jobs: https://dreamstartupjob.com/ Enroll in my Crypto Academy: https://www.thecryptoacademy.io/