I lived in Zug, Switzerland, also known as the "Crypto Valley", for a while between 2018 and 2019. The investors in my startup are based in Zug, as are many oth

I lived in Zug, Switzerland, also known as the "Crypto Valley", for a while between 2018 and 2019. The investors in my startup are based in Zug, as are many other large conglomerates (Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, Glencore, etc.). My apartment was a short walk away from Crypto AG's headquarters. Zug is a very strange and interesting town, brimming with the sort of energy you'd expect from a little tax haven (also known as the "Cayman Islands of Switzerland"). It's now well known for the cryptocurrency foundations located there, from Ethereum to Tezos to Cardano. Of course, at the time Crypto AG was founded, the Crypto Valley had nothing to do with cryptocurrency, but how interesting that cryptography was a key export since so long ago. To think I lived so close to a covert CIA operation — I had no idea!