Crypto City: Guide to Austin
This Crypto City guide looks at Austins crypto culture, the citys most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto and where you can find blockchain education courses and there are even the juicy details of a famous controversy. Everything is bigger in Texas, including its enthusiasm for crypto. Fast factsCity: AustinCountry: United StatesPopulation: 974,000Founded: 1839Language: English The capital of the largest state in the contiguous United States, Austin is known as a live music mecca, with festivals drawing in thousands of people from....
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Unsung.org and Austin-based Arcade City are making a difference feeding people in need within the Texas capital. So far the two teams have delivered 1,000 meals throughout the city as the ambitious project continues hacking away at hunger. 1,000 Meals Delivered in Austin. Unsung.org is an application that feeds the hungry by delivering unwanted food from....
Police in the city of Austin, Texas came to the offices of ridesharing company Arcade City in search of its CEO, Christopher David. A video has surfaced of 10 law enforcement agents, four transportation authorities and six police officers, entering the co-working space that is home to Arcade City’s Austin headquarters. They sought to serve a $500 citation for operating a ridesharing company without completing the requisite paperwork. David, who was out of the country overseeing the development of the Arcade City app, “Not sure why six police officers are needed to serve a $500 citation. Or....
Ever since Uber and Lyft left Austin, the peer-to-peer rideshare group, Arcade City, has been making waves as it has made its bid to fill the void. The developers made its presence known when they published an open letter to the city on their official website. Ever since, the group’s founder, Christopher David, has been busy doing interviews and most....
Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft have ceased operations in the city of Austin, Texas due to government regulations. Arcade City, decentralized ride-sharing company, has commenced operations in Austin to fill the void left by the two outgoing ridesharing companies. Austin’s ridesharing regulation ordinance forces out Uber and Lyft. The city of Austin passed an ordinance requiring more stringent background checks, including fingerprinting, for ridesharing. Proposition 1, a ballot initiative meant to overturn the ordinance, failed. As a result, both Uber and Lyft have since ceased....