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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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