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.

Avichel Gorg is co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Avichel is a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and

Facebook, which acquired his previous company in 2012. In this conversation, we discuss

Avichel's cryptosis, decentralized finance, why smart contracts are undervalued, crypto infrastructure,

and why decentralization is the natural end state.

I really enjoyed this conversation with the Vichel, and I think you will as well.

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