Inside the Vegas nightclub that launched its own cryptocurrency

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It's 11:15 p.m. on a Friday night and a man in a white button-down shirt named Joey just ordered me a shot of Fireball. It's a little hard to hear him over the music blasting from the other side of the velvet ropes, but the club's director of services leans in close to make sure I can hear him. 

"Excellence and hospitality in the crypto world," Joey says in response to my request that he describe just what, exactly, is going on here. 

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I'm sitting on a spacious couch in a private club, inside of another nightclub, inside of a casino, and we're discussing Las Vegas's first cryptocurrency nightclub: MORE Las Vegas. Launched in April by Peter Klamka — a man known for, among other things, his involvement with The Legends Room gentlemen's club which allowed patrons to tip performers in bitcoin — the nightclub comes with all the trappings of a typical VIP Vegas destination. There's the $250,000 bottles of champagne, high-heeled cocktail waitresses, and view of the Bellagio fountains that's to die for.  Read more...

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