{"id":8337,"date":"2022-12-17T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/in-balmy-puerto-rico-diehards-shrug-off-the-crypto-winter-were-not-worried\/"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T08:38:25","slug":"in-balmy-puerto-rico-diehards-shrug-off-the-crypto-winter-were-not-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/in-balmy-puerto-rico-diehards-shrug-off-the-crypto-winter-were-not-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"In balmy Puerto Rico, diehards shrug off the crypto winter: \u2018We\u2019re not worried\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain aficionados have long flocked to the island for its favorable tax laws. But as the industry wobbles, locals are pushing back<\/p>\n<p>On a humid December evening in Puerto Rico, more than 100 cryptocurrency and blockchain aficionados gathered at a mansion within a gated, jungle-like enclave of San Juan. A local band played softly while waiters served hors d\u2019oeuvres to attendees who paid as much as $3,000 to attend CoinAgenda Caribbean, a three-day conference promising a VIP experience of networking opportunities and fireside chats about the future of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto crowd arrived in chartered buses to the party, where they sipped on cocktails from an open bar around a pristine white pool, frogs singing in the trees surrounding the property owned by Michael Terpin, founder of CoinAgenda.<strong> <\/strong>A private chef from Lyon, France, provided a five-course meal \u2013 a fusion of French dishes and Puerto Rican staples like a pig roast and rice and beans.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/dec\/17\/cryptocurrency-puerto-rico-conference\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/28e64ec873b3ab202f8c0ff7d45c7ca68a7feb37\/0_134_2500_1500\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cd4228fc411e6866545a827186f14ec1\" title=\"In balmy Puerto Rico, diehards shrug off the crypto winter: \u2018We\u2019re not worried\u2019\" \/>Blockchain aficionados have long flocked to the island for its favorable tax laws. But as the industry wobbles, locals are pushing back<br \/>\nOn a humid December evening in Puerto Rico, more than 100 cryptocurrency and blockchain aficionados gathered at a mansion within a gated, jungle-like enclave of San Juan. A local band played softly while waiters served hors d\u2019oeuvres to attendees who paid as much as $3,000 to attend CoinAgenda Caribbean, a three-day conference promising a VIP experience of networking opportunities and fireside chats about the future of the industry.<br \/>\nThe crypto crowd arrived in chartered buses to the party, where they sipped on cocktails from an open bar around a pristine white pool, frogs singing in the trees surrounding the property owned by Michael Terpin, founder of CoinAgenda. A private chef from Lyon, France, provided a five-course meal \u2013 a fusion of French dishes and Puerto Rican staples like a pig roast and rice and beans. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain aficionados have long flocked to the island for its favorable tax laws. But as the industry wobbles, locals are pushing back On a humid December evening in Puerto Rico, more than 100 cryptocurrency and blockchain aficionados gathered at a mansion within a gated, jungle-like enclave of San Juan. A local band played softly while &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/in-balmy-puerto-rico-diehards-shrug-off-the-crypto-winter-were-not-worried\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In balmy Puerto Rico, diehards shrug off the crypto winter: \u2018We\u2019re not worried\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}