Pomp tells CNBC there's no need to apologize for Bitcoin's energy use
The Bitcoin podcaster and influencer said: “we shouldn’t apologize for Bitcoin’s energy usage, crucial things in the world use energy.” Bitcoin influencer and podcaster Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano said that there is no need to “apologize” for Bitcoin’s energy use, because “crucial things in the world use energy.” He made the comments in a Dec 27 interview on CNBC’s morning news and talk program, “Squawk Box” with Joe Kernen. During the interview, he claimed that many people are missing “key points” in the “climate argument” against the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem, especially in terms of....
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According to Pomp, he had not violated YouTube’s community guidelines and his most recent video didn’t have any questionable content. Video sharing platform YouTube removed the 251,000-subscriber channel of Anthony 'Pomp' Pompliano, co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and host of The Pomp Podcast, before later restoring it.In an Oct. 11 update on his Twitter account, Pompliano — a Bitcoin (BTC) bull known for his interviews educating skeptics and others on crypto — said he received a message from YouTube claiming a recent livestreamed interview with stock-to-flow model creator PlanB....