EmpireDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dedicated to facilitating co-working space for people and companies developing web3 products, will lease 36,000 square feet in Manhattan in an effort to create New York’s most sought-after co-working space for crypto developers.
EmpireDAO, founded last year by Mike Fraietta, will open its first coworking space in Lower Manhattan at 190 Bowery. Everything in the office will be paid in crypto using Solana Pay, from an office chair to coffee.
In an interview with CoinDesk, Fraietta said, “I’ve spent my whole career pushing online work, digital work. I was like, ‘Guys, we don’t need to go to the office, maybe just two to three days a week”
“But I’ve been missing this dramatically. So many things come out of meeting in person,” he added.
EmpireDAO is the latest in a series of startups bringing Web3 communities into real-world settings. Previously, Friends with Benefits, Flyfish Club (the first NFT restaurant), and CabinDAO began to model how the future of work might look.