Just one night after newly elected NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced he will take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin, Colorado Governor Jared Polis was sitting in a restaurant in Boulder telling a group of crypto VIPs about his plans to push his state to embrace Bitcoin.
It was part of our Decrypt-hosted dinner this week, and was attended by entrepreneurs and executives from Coinbase, Circle, Square, PayPal, Gitcoin, ShapeShift, Zcash, and the Ethereum Foundation. We hosted the evening under Chatham House Rules, which means the content of conversations can be shared, but not quotes.
One big-picture takeaway from the event: Colorado has quietly become a powerful crypto hub.
The Centennial State is home to prominent Bitcoin and Ethereum OGs, and has gained a wave of new crypto players as a result of the pandemic „techxodus” from cities like San Francisco. Throw in Colorado’s entrepreneurial culture and outdoor amenities, and you have the setting for a booming new industry. But how does
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