Anthony Pompliano, one of America’s most prominent crypto influencers, is set to be installed as chief executive of a publicly traded company that is raising $750mn to fund a bitcoin buying spree.
Pompliano, a podcast host with 1.7mn followers on X, was in talks to lead an entity that would seek to raise $750mn as part of tie-up with a blank-cheque vehicle, according to three people briefed on the talks.
The proposed deal is the latest in a growing crypto investment boom fuelled by Donald Trump’s unabashed embrace of digital currencies during his second term as US president.
A number of companies, including Trump’s…
