The Pregame
PubKey Media House
Recent Episodes
In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Frank Corva, Zac Guignard (Financial Freedom Content Associate at HRF), and Will Casarin (founder of Damus) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:
Yes, centralized platforms strip autonomy, but Nostr’s open protocol flips control back to the user
How Damus broadcasts to 100+ relays at once, making deplatforming nearly impossible
Why vibe coding is lowering the barrier to building decentralized apps
What it'll mean for our current online incentives for content to go viral without an algorithm (hint: it disrupts the entire Internet)
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PubKey meetups are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions and enjoy a pint together. Good food, bad opinions, great company.
🧡 NYC Meetups: https://luma.com/user/pubkey
🗽 PubKey NYC
🗽 85 Washington Place
🗽 New York, NY 10011
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Thomas Pacchia and Jorge Jraissati (Venezuelan activist and president of the Economic Inclusion Group) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:
- How Jorge's fight for financial inclusion led to building a pro-Bitcoin advocacy group in Washington
- Why the Bank Secrecy Act (and the ways it enables financial surveillance and censorship) is the real “final boss” for Bitcoiners
- The quiet alliance between big banks and regulators that keeps reform off-limits while crushing small businesses and human rights groups
- How the same AML laws used to fight crime are weaponized against dissidents (and give foreign governments access to Americans’ PRIVATE data)
- The definitive argument on why Bitcoiners must engage in politics
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PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together:
🗽 PubKey NYC
🗽 85 Washington Place
🗽 New York, NY 10011
🧡 https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/
🧡 https://luma.com/user/pubkey
Catch the next livestream on X: https://x.com/PubKey
In preparation for their Live at PubKey show downstairs, Christian "CK" Keroles, Matt Ahlborg, and Kyle Olney (with host Thomas Pacchia) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:
- Why Tether adoption in Argentina exploded while Bitcoin lagged behind
- The problem with centralized AI APIs
- Why OpenAI’s success mirrors Stripe’s (but who really controls the Internet?)
- How PayPerQ could reshape AI access for activists, educators, and anyone sick of SaaS models
- Bitcoin's cultural split: is it still a tool for dissidents, or has it gone full TradFi?
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PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together:
🗽 PubKey NYC
🗽 85 Washington Place
🗽 New York, NY 10011
🧡 https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/
🧡 https://luma.com/user/pubkey
Catch the next livestream on X: https://x.com/PubKey
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert pre-game at the PubKey NYC Parlor (with hosts Thomas Pacchia and Mike Germano) in preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs. They let loose for an unfiltered, beer-fueled conversation about:
- How Max’s early Wall Street failures, stand-up gigs, and film sets converged into his Bitcoin origin story
- Why punk rock and NYC “asshole culture” are the real foundation of Bitcoin maximalism
- Stacy’s reflections on cultural power, media collapse, and why El Salvador is the new Florence
- The curse of soft men, the IMF, and what it'll take to fix the broken Western elite (yes, Bitcoiners may need a little more testosterone)
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Quoth the Raven pre-games at the NYC Parlor with Thomas Pacchia and Matt Kita in preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs. They let loose for an unfiltered, beer-fueled conversation about:
- Quoth the Raven's journey from disillusioned English major to bartender to short-seller... to accidental Bitcoin convert
- Why the Fed is cornered the U.S. fiscal outlook is “beyond repair,” leaving most market participants due for a brutal reckoning
- What the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad campaign says about the state of the nation
- Why Bitcoin works not despite its culture, but because of it (“tattooed freaks,” dive bars, and all)
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