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Texas Blockchain Council
"Our expansion into Dallas is aimed at providing Tokenwell with a strategic presence in the U.S. market, proximity to institutional participants, and better opportunity alignment with innovators shaping the next era of blockchain finance," said CEO Timothy Burgess.
Toronto’s Tokenwell Crypto Platform To Launch U.S. Subsidiary in Dallas’ Y’All Street
by Sandra Engelland | Dec 17, 2025
"Our expansion into Dallas is aimed at providing Tokenwell with a strategic presence in the U.S. market, proximity to institutional participants, and better opportunity alignment with innovators shaping the next era of blockchain finance," said CEO Timothy Burgess.
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 12, 2025
The largest U.S.-based crypto exchange is following Tesla and SpaceX out of Delaware as Texas pitches its Business Court and stronger director protections as a business-friendly alternative. Interest in “DExit” has increased, according to a recent Harvard corporate governance analysis.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 22, 2024
“It’s destined to happen somewhere. I’d rather it happen here first.”
Giovanni Capriglione
Texas State Representative
Chair, Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services Committee
…on the potential for Texas to create a Bitcoin strategic reserve ahead of federal initiatives, speaking at the Texas Blockchain Summit in Dallas this week....
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 28, 2024
Robert Villasenor brings more than 25 years of experience to Seattle-based Coinme, where he will help navigate the industry’s legal and regulatory framework as Coinme grows.
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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker after powering up bitcoin mining machines in City Hall on April 26, 2022. [Photo: City of Fort Worth]
Fort Worth’s City Hall Bitcoin Mine Went Viral—and Companies Nationwide Have Taken Notice
by David Seeley | Nov 2, 2022
In April, Mayor Mattie Parker turned on three Bitcoin mining machines in Fort Worth City Hall. Since then, the six-month pilot has netted the city $1,019.31. But the real payoff came when the story swept the country—and companies in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey took interest.
“We tallied nearly 753 million media impressions from this project, which has now branded our city as innovative on a global scale," says Carlo Capua, the city's chief of strategy and innovation.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 4, 2022
Venture Dallas 2022—a full-day conference to be held Nov. 3 at the George W. Bush Presidential Center—will connect investors from all over the U.S with the “best founders in our region” with the goal of sparking “collisions” and “meaningful connections," co-founder Aaron Pierce says. He adds that those could potentially lead to fundings—and successful exits.
Here's a look at why the North Texas startup and VC scene is hopping, and what Venture Dallas 2022 could mean for you.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 2, 2022
Launched in Palo Alto in 2018, InfStones relocated its HQ to Plano last year. With a goal of bringing the “AWS experience to Web3,” it's landed a new $66 million funding round and says it's nearing unicorn status—a designation for startups valued at $1 billion.
“Our vision is to provide a rugged, easy-to-use Web3 environment to build a more transparent, intelligent world,” CEO Zhenwu Shi says.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 28, 2022
Colorado-based Riot Blockchain, one of the world's largest publicly traded bitcoin mining companies, announced plans to develop a 265-acre site in Corsicana—about an hour south of Dallas—adding to its growing presence in the Lone Star State.
At full capacity, the development is expected to have one gigawatt of capacity—enough energy to power around 750,000 households.
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Blockmetrix CEO and Co-Founder Nevin Bannister, VP of Operations Owen McCrory, and VP of Crypto Tech/Finance Axel Nussbaumer [Photos: Blockmetrix]
Building on a ‘Crypto Mining Gold Rush’: Dallas’ Blockmetrix Raises $43M Series B
by Kevin Cummings | Mar 8, 2022
With $50 million in total funding since launching just last year, Blockmetrix plans to purchase more than 5,000 bitcoin mining rigs, adding to more than 1,000 it currently operates—mostly in Oklahoma.
But the startup aims to go beyond mining bitcoin to research and develop crypto revenue sources, loan bitcoin, set up a cryptocurrency exchange, and more.
But the startup aims to go beyond mining bitcoin to research and develop crypto revenue sources, loan bitcoin, set up a cryptocurrency exchange, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 5, 2021
The inaugural October 8th Texas Blockchain Summit could be a watershed event for making Texas "the jurisdiction of choice" for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council, will host a wide array of speakers including Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 28, 2021
The council's president, Lee Bratcher, helped get blockchain and crypto laws passed by the Texas Legislature. Now he's planning for a big blockchain summit in Austin on Oct. 8, and hoping to make Texas "the jurisdiction of choice" for blockchain innovation.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 18, 2021
The nonprofit trade associations have released the Legislator's Toolkit for Blockchain Technology – Texas Edition to boost the adoption of blockchain across the state. It's the first step toward widespread adoption, and a way for legislators to see what resources are available to address the issues blockchain innovators are currently facing.
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