What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Chris Slaughter is the co-founder and

CEO of Level, a new full-fledged banking account that I invested in that is focused on providing

all of the Fiat and Bitcoin financial services you would expect

for only $9 a month. This disruptive business model is already growing in popularity with users,

so I wanted to bring Chris on to explain it in more detail. In this conversation, we discussed

demand deposit accounts, custodial accounts, importance of FDIC insurance, why monthly

subscriptions make more financial sense for everyone involved, and how they built a product

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I really enjoyed this conversation with Chris, and I hope you do as well.

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