Live at PubKey DC

About Live at PubKey DC

Full audio recordings from our live events at PubKey DC.

Publisher

Pubkey Media House

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jan 2026

Latest episode

3 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Aug 2026

   How America Wins the AI Race (FULL PANEL w/ American Bitcoin)

   AI needs massive energy. America has spent 50 years making it difficult to make it. That all changes today—and the outcome of the AI race will hang in the balance. We've teamed up with American Bitcoin (https://x.com/ABTC) for deep dives into Bitcoin infrastructure, energy, and the future of compute in America, and this series will alternate between our NYC and DC locations. Our second panel "Driving American Energy Dominance" features Drew Armstrong (https://x.com/_drewarmstrong_) (Head of Strategic Initiatives, Cipher) and Marty Bent (https://x.com/MartyBent) (Managing Partner, Ten31). In this tavern chat, they'll sit down with host Matt Prusak (https://x.com/MattPrusak) (President, American Bitcoin) to discuss: 0:00 INTRO: Driving American Energy Dominance 0:43 Welcome Drew Armstrong and Marty Bent to PubKey DC! 2:55 Why Texas welcomes data centers while New York blocks them 7:37 Can't plug into the grid? Build your own power plant (like Elon did) 11:38 Making the power is easy... moving it across the country is the hard part 15:10 Data centers are job creators. Electricians are getting poached with 20% raises! 20:00 China builds power faster than anyone. Can Texas still win? 25:38 Are we really running out of energy? (the market says no) 29:46 Power, chips, or money: what's really holding AI back? 35:52 What AI data centers can learn from Bitcoin miners' mistakes 42:57 After AI comes robots... and they'll need even more power 46:04 CONCLUSION: Could we put data centers in space? (why we need data centers here on Earth) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington DC. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC🇺🇸 410 7th St NW🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey ) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu )Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

2. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Why America Needs Data Centers (FULL PANEL w/ American Bitcoin)

   Data centers are speedrunning the anti-energy, anti-growth talking points that Bitcoin miners have been hearing for years. So we've teamed up with American Bitcoin for deep dives into Bitcoin infrastructure, energy, and the future of compute in America, and this series will alternate between our NYC and DC locations. Our inaugural episode "Strong Grids, Stronger America" features Matt Prusak (https://x.com/MattPrusak) (President, American Bitcoin (https://x.com/ABTC)) and Grant McCarty (https://x.com/grant_mccarty ) (Executive Director, Bitcoin Policy Institute (https://x.com/bitcoinpolicy)). In this tavern chat, they'll sit down with host Thomas Pacchia (https://x.com/tpacchia) to discuss: 0:00 INTRO: Our new series with American Bitcoin 0:45 Welcome Matt Prusak and Grant McCarty to PubKey DC! 3:01 How Bitcoin miners became the boogeyman (and AI data centers are next) 5:51 "Speed to power": what Bitcoin miners bring to the table 7:20 Learning to be a good neighbor (noise, water & the farmland myth) 9:20 When governments overreact: the Texas cap & the New York data center moratorium 11:35 The foreign influence playbook (who's funding the backlash?) 13:15 Why smart people fall for scary energy stats 16:58 What's actually at stake: Bitcoin mining vs. AI 18:16 CONCLUSION: How to win a community over Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington DC. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey ) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu )Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   PROOF OF HEALTH: Bitcoin-Backed Healthcare (w/ Stu Lackey & Dr. Christian Smith)

   What if your money and your health ran on the same principles: sound, sovereign, and fully in your control? Tonight, sound money meets sound health.Stu Lackey (https://x.com/StuartLackey1) is the co-founder and CEO of SOUND HSA (https://x.com/getsoundHSA), the first bitcoin-native health savings accounts. He'll sit down with Dr. Christian Smith (https://x.com/premierdpc) of Premier Direct Primary Care for a conversation about taking back control of how you save for and access your care. We'll get into:0:00 INTRO: Meet Stuart Lackey & Dr. Christian Smith 0:56 Dr. Smith's origin story: from Army medicine to Bitcoin 3:29 Stu's story: from the operating room to building SOUND HSA 5:56 The problem: why a couple needs $350K just for healthcare 7:12 The most powerful account you're not using (how the HSA works) 10:25 Why you hold Bitcoin, not cash (the shoulder-surgery math) 13:23 Inside SOUND HSA: the first Bitcoin-native HSA 16:34 What is direct primary care? (and the lost art of the house call) 19:30 Why your 7-minute doctor's visit is broken 23:38 The seed oil story: how we got nutrition wrong 28:54 Do you actually want to live to 100? 31:17 What direct primary care actually costs 33:40 Q&A: how to find a DPC doctor & where to learn Bitcoin 39:15 Q&A: can you open an HSA on your own? 44:35 OUTRO: Sound money meets sound health ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Pl 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu ) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

4. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Why AI Chooses Bitcoin (w/ Bitcoin Policy Institute)

   AI agents are beginning to browse, buy, negotiate, and transact on their own. But as commerce becomes increasingly automated, what kind of money will these agents choose?Join BPI LIVE (https://x.com/bitcoinpolicy) at PubKey DC for Agentic Commerce 101: Why AI Chooses Bitcoin, a conversation on the intersection of artificial intelligence, payments, and Bitcoin. We're joined by special guest Five Bells (https://fivebellssettlement.com/), a digital asset company building on the frontier of agentic finance.We’ll explore how autonomous agents are already changing digital commerce, why programmable money matters, and what Bitcoin’s role could be in an economy increasingly shaped by machine-to-machine transactions. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Pl 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu ) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

5. 

   16 Jun 2026

   MAX & STACY vs. THE FIAT MINDSET

   Before the UFC turns the White House South Lawn into an octagon on June 14, the real title fight is going down at PubKey. Fighting out of the orange corner, weighing in at 21 million and never inflating: Bitcoin. Fighting out of the green corner, the opponent we've all been conditioned to accept: the fiat mindset. Welcome Max Keiser (https://x.com/maxkeiser) and Stacy Herbert (https://x.com/stacyherbert) back to PubKey. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Pl 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu ) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

6. 

   9 Jun 2026

   STRATEGY: Inside the World's Biggest BTC Treasury Company (w/ CJ & Ella Hough)

   Strategy holds more bitcoin than any other public company on Earth. And we're live with two people living inside that story: CJ (Chaitanya Jain) (https://x.com/CJ_Bitcoin), Strategy's Head of Investor Relations, and Ella Hough (https://x.com/21MMforthe21st), who leads Bitcoin advocacy at the company. Moderated by John Balkam, CMO of Sovreign (https://x.com/SovreignBTC), the discussion goes behind the headlines into what it's actually like to execute the Bitcoin Treasury playbook in real time. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Pl🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDBwQVMxY2tXRkRfS0FDbHY1T0ZEWk1TS0pMUXxBQ3Jtc0tudmdVUHZVVUN6VC1xaXQ2clRmWWxnUWdFSi1uQU5FNHd1Z2lKVDd2WTBWeU5vSm4yblhwNFJORjhvT0QyaldpbG5ZZFM2OTNidkV4QmVBTllNcFlKUDBXOVNoQUhTejhnNV9waDRyZmhzRGtmX0pGaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fluma.com%2Fuser%2Fpubkey&v=g1Bqgrtt_2k)🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1h2TXhKR3lBMllTbkp0YmRnLTd2a0I4RTAzZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttMGU5VzhjSE5UbkNzclUyd3lKdGhONFROeU5sVVozWGQzZEJ5SG4ySG1LckRmUDAzb3pnVXZGb19hR3ZfSlJBMzU2VEp0Q0xvTFk0a3ZSdnJvZ215Y0h4T1pUeVl1bjd0c2tpT0xfa09aRUs5WlN4dw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpubkey.bar%2Fmenu&v=g1Bqgrtt_2k)Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

7. 

   14 May 2026

   The Data Center Debate (w/ Bitcoin Policy Institute)

   Data centers are quickly becoming the backbone of the modern economy. Can it build the energy and infrastructure needed to support continued innovation… or will policy constraints slow progress? We're joined by Christian Britschgi (https://x.com/christianbrits) (reporter at Reason Magazine) and Mark Moran (https://x.com/itsmarkmoran) (U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia) for a debate moderated by Sam Raus (https://x.com/SamRaus1) (David Boaz Resident Writing Fellow at Young Voices) for an evening of discussion and debate on the future of data centers, energy policy, and economic growth. With support from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (https://x.com/bitcoinpolicy), Young Voices (https://x.com/JoinYoungVoices), and the American Conservation Coalition (https://x.com/ACC_National). ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C.🇺🇸 410 7th St NW🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu

8. 

   20 Apr 2026

   Vibe Coding & OpenClaw (w/ Bitcoin District Initiative)

   We're building with OpenClaw, and you're invited. Come hang out, ask questions, and see what others are building! Bring your laptop to PubKey D.C. and jump into a night that feels part LAN party and part live build session, where people test ideas and show what their agents can actually do.Follow BDI: https://x.com/BTCDistrict (https://x.com/BTCDistrict)▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled.Visit PubKey:🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011🇺🇸 PubKey D.C.🇺🇸 410 7th St NW🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey)🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu)Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym.Est. 735075.

9. 

   9 Apr 2026

   Agents of Change: AI, Bitcoin, and the New Financial Frontier (w/ Bitcoin Policy Institute)

   AI agents are learning to code, negotiate, and transact. But what happens when they start picking their own money? We're joined by the Bitcoin Policy Institute boys (Conner Brown (https://x.com/BitcoinConner), Zack Shapiro (https://x.com/zackbshapiro), Luke Danielian (https://x.com/LukasDanielian?utm_source=luma)) for a conversation on the collision of artificial intelligence and Bitcoin, from autonomous agents making economic decisions to what this means for policy, payments, and the future of money. We'll dig into BPI's latest research, explore how Bitcoin fits into an increasingly automated economy, and discuss what policymakers should be paying attention to right now. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey ) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

10. 

    25 Mar 2026

    Bitcoin in the Modern Portfolio (w/ Mike Casey & Asi De Silva)

    We're all orange-pilled on Bitcoin. But how exactly should it fit into the modern portfolio? We're joined by Mike Casey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-casey-cfp%C2%AE-a67099a9) (President of AE Advisors, LLC) and Asi de Silva (https://x.com/asidesilva) (Partner and CIO at Capital Squared Financial) for our latest LIVE AT PUBKEY DC show to explore risk, return, custody, real-world allocation considerations—and cut through the hype with a fiduciary lens. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Pl 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

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    19 Mar 2026

    The New Frontier of Bitcoin Mining (w/ Bitdeer, Canaan, & HIVE)

    Companies that don't adapt to the new reality of Bitcoin mining... will not survive. We're joined by James Cheng (CFO at Canaan, Inc. (https://x.com/canaanio)), Darcy Daubaras (CFO, HIVE Digital Technologies (https://x.com/HIVEDigitalTech)), and Elizabeth Frei Duchek (Government Relations, Bitdeer (https://x.com/BitdeerOfficial)) for our latest LIVE AT PUBKEY DC show to get an executives' inside look into the thought processes of publicly traded mining companies. Their strategies reflect the new frontier of hardware innovation, home mining to heat reuse, large-scale energy infrastructure, and the growing intersection with AI and high-performance computing. They'll explore how the industry has changed, where it is headed, and why these companies remain committed to building in Bitcoin. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey ) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

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    9 Mar 2026

    PATHWAYS TO FREEDOM: The Tools That Sustain Liberty (w/ NED & World Liberty Congress)

    What happens AFTER political prisoners walk free? We've gathered an all-star panel to share their firsthand experiences navigating detention, reintegration, and what it means to overcome authoritarian control in the digital age: Vladimir Kara-Murza  (https://x.com/vkaramurza)— Russian democracy leader, author, and former political prisoner Leopoldo López (https://x.com/leopoldolopez) — Venezuelan democracy leader and former political prisoner Evgenia Kara-Murza (https://x.com/ekaramurza?lang=en)  (https://x.com/ekaramurza?lang=en)— Advocate for political prisoners and democracy activist Anaïse Kanimba (https://x.com/AnaiseKanimba) — Human rights advocate and daughter of Paul Rusesabagina of Rwanda Berta Valle  (https://x.com/bertavalle?lang=en)— Nicaraguan democracy advocate supporting families of political prisoners Lilian Tintori  (https://x.com/liliantintori?lang=en)— Venezuelan democracy activist and human rights leader ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: ⁠https://luma.com/user/pubkey⁠ (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): ⁠https://pubkey.bar/menu⁠ (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

13. 

    5 Mar 2026

    Powering the Future of American Farming (w/ Mark Smith)

    What if the American small farm could double as a high-tech power plant... and farmers could become their own bank? Mark Smith (https://x.com/cariocamark) (CEO of Carbon Country) takes the stage with host Suleman (investor and resident bee expert at Carbon Country) in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey DC to explore how integrating agrivoltaics (solar + grazing) with on-site Bitcoin mining creates a financial "flywheel" for regenerative agriculture. This is the scalable model for the modern grower. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

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    2 Feb 2026

    Leveling Up the Gaming Industry (w/ Desiree Dickerson)

    Desiree Dickerson (https://x.com/dickerson_des?lang=en) (CEO of THUNDR Games (https://x.com/thndrgames)) takes the stage with host Taymur Khumush in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey DC to explore THNDR’s approach to skill-based gaming, her perspective on the current state of Lightning and peer-to-peer payments, and why gaming may be one of the most natural places for real money on the internet to finally make sense. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey DC 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

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    24 Jan 2026

    RAISING THE BAR: Building a Home in DC (w/ Bitcoin District Initiative)

    Andrew Newman (https://x.com/sound_entropy) (our CFO) and Dan Kablaoui (our COO) take the stage in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey DC to dive into our origin story, our vision for the new location, and our brand-new partnership with the Bitcoin District Initiative (https://x.com/BTCDistrict). Plus: How Andrew started off as a Wall Street goldbug... and ended up in the restaurant business How Dan sees Bitcoin as a "life raft" reviving dead community spaces The ultimate thesis of PubKey, and why it keeps getting proven right The game theory of how "Accept Bitcoin with Square" will trigger mass adoption Our plans for the DC space (yes, we're bringing back karaoke and line dancing) ...and more! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey (https://luma.com/user/pubkey) 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu (https://pubkey.bar/menu) Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

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