Dom Bei

Marty chats with Dom Bei, a candidate for CalPERS trustee and Bitcoin advocate, who founded Proof of Workforce. They delve into pension funds' current crises, especially CalPERS, and explore how Bitcoin can revitalize these systems. Dom highlights the missed opportunities of integrating Bitcoin into pension strategies and shares grassroots efforts for community engagement and education. He underscores the importance of innovation in adapting to financial challenges while addressing political hurdles and the need for stability in fund management.

Dom Bei, founder of Proof of Workforce and a Bitcoin adoption advocate who has worked on pensions and grassroots campaigns. He talks about institutions moving into Bitcoin, new institutional rails like ETFs and tokenization, the role of pensions and endowments, MicroStrategy as a proxy, and grassroots wins with unions and local political organizing.

Join Dom Bei, a Santa Monica firefighter and labor organizer who founded Proof of Workforce, as he delves into the implications of California potentially going all-in on Bitcoin. Hear how the Santa Monica firefighters became pioneers in self-custodied Bitcoin and explore innovative strategies Dom uses to educate unions about low-risk adoption. He discusses the societal impacts of inflation on workers and the importance of financial literacy through Bitcoin, along with his efforts to support pro-Bitcoin candidates with the newly launched California Bitcoin PAC.