Forbes · November 21, 2025

Where Politics Meets Proof-Of-Work: Bitcoin Bar PubKey Launches New Venue In D.C.

Forbes' Frank Corva was at our November 20 launch party, the night Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dropped by, and toured a space about six times the size of our New York original: two bars, a stage, a podcast studio, the Bitcoin Policy Institute's offices and a chophouse in the works downstairs. Co-founder Thomas Pacchia told him the extra room means more fundraisers, conferences and summits.