'I like drinking and I like bitcoin’: New York bar courts crypto fans


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New Yorkers suffering from crypto blues can drown their sorrows in solidarity at a new bitcoin-themed bar. They’ll need cash to pay, though: Crypto isn’t accepted as payment.

PubKey, located on a quiet street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, opened about a month ago under the helm of a former Fidelity blockchain executive, with a menu centred on comfort food that’s prepared by a chef who previously trained at a three-star Michelin restaurant. The bar doesn’t yet accept bitcoin – it plans to do so sometime soon – but it’s meant to serve as a gathering spot for digital-asset enthusiasts as well as the crypto curious.

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