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NYC

Bitcoin Magazine · Jun 1, 2025SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce speaks at PubKey NYCBitcoin Magazine covered SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce speaking at the bar on privacy and permissionlessness, one of the policy conversations PubKey hosts alongside the meetups.Read the coverage >
The Block · Sep 18, 2024Donald Trump makes his first Bitcoin purchase at PubKey NYCThe Block's account of the same visit, from the Bitcoin side: the first bitcoin purchase by a US presidential candidate, rung up at our bar for a round of burgers.Read the coverage >
Fox Business · Sep 18, 2024Trump visits crypto-themed bar in NYC to buy burgersFox Business filmed the September 2024 visit that made PubKey a national story: a presidential candidate buying burgers at the bar and paying in bitcoin.Read the coverage >

DC

WJLA 7News · Aug 21, 2026DC leaders suggest another future street race with hopeful economic gains7News looked at what the Freedom 250 Grand Prix meant for downtown, and stopped in a few blocks from the Mall. Ops manager Katie Partlow described the summer that led up to it: the FIFA Fan Zone crowd walking over, and about 600 people taking shelter here on the Fourth of July until we sold out of food and drinks.Read the coverage >
FOX 5 DC · Aug 18, 2026Pubkey DC prepares for this race this weekendFox 5 had us in the studio kitchen ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix — hot dogs, merch on the counter, and how the bar was getting ready for race weekend a few blocks from the track.Read the coverage >
WUSA9 — Great Day Washington · Jul 1, 2026Pubkey is the place to be for the World CupJohn Balkam went on Great Day Washington to make the case for watching World Cup matches here — the room, the screens, and the food and drink specials running through the tournament.Read the coverage >
7shifts · Jun 18, 2026Inside PubKey DC: A Bitcoin Bar Built for Big EventsOur scheduling software company filmed a customer story at the DC bar: how a two-location, events-first operation handles shifts, tip transparency and payroll in one app, with Square sales feeding the labor forecast.Read the coverage >
Digital Hospitality · Apr 29, 2026This Bar Gives You 21% Off If You Pay in BitcoinDan Kablaoui sat down with Shawn Walchef on the Digital Hospitality podcast for 27 minutes on how a neighborhood bar turned into a media company — rebuilding a room in New York after Covid, then building DC around a stage and a studio, and why leading with burgers and beer beats leading with Bitcoin.Read the coverage >
WJLA 7News — Good Morning Washington · Feb 6, 2026PubKey Hosts Community Big Game Watch Party in DCGood Morning Washington previewed our free, open-to-all big game watch party on February 8 — doors 6 to 11 p.m., drink specials, game-day food, and the big screen with no bad seat in the house.Read the coverage >
WTOP · Jan 22, 2026A 'Bitcoin bar' opened in DC — but what does that mean?WTOP stopped by the Penn Quarter room and asked co-founder Thomas Pacchia what a "Bitcoin bar" actually is. His answer: a media company with a hospitality wrapper — podcast studio, stage, karaoke rooms, the Bitcoin Policy Institute in the back, and a 21% discount if you pay in Bitcoin. Everyone's welcome, Bitcoiner or not.Read the coverage >
CNBC — Squawk on the Street · Dec 24, 2025Crypto bar provides a new way to lobby D.C.Emily Wilkins reported from the bar for Squawk on the Street, five days after we opened — a segment on Bitcoin trying to win Washington over with a barstool and a burger instead of a lobbying budget.Read the coverage >
The Washington Lobbyist · Dec 12, 2025PubKey Brings Bitcoin Culture and Tavern Vibes to Penn QuarterA week before the doors opened, The Washington Lobbyist walked through what we were building: Chef Alexis Samayoa's tavern menu — the chop cheese, the stek frets, a half-smoke for the new hometown — plus the cocktail list and a calendar that runs from policy fireside chats to trivia, karaoke and weekly Bitcoin meetups.Read the coverage >
Washingtonian · Dec 3, 2025A Huge Bitcoin Bar and Steakhouse Is Opening in DCWashingtonian's look ahead at the DC opening: 12,000 square feet in Hill Country Barbecue's old Penn Quarter space, a podcast studio and event stage, the Bitcoin Policy Institute subleasing the back, smash burgers and Chicago dogs up front — and, come spring, an 85-seat basement chophouse called Dimly Lit Chophouse.Read the coverage >
Yahoo Finance (Cryptonews) · Nov 21, 2025Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's Surprise Visit to Bitcoin Bar Sparks Industry BuzzTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned up unannounced at our November preview night, and Bitcoin X spent the next day arguing about what it meant. Amin Ayan rounded up the reaction — from "the sign you've been waiting for" to traders warning not to read a bar visit as policy.Read the coverage >

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