Governor: Colorado Startups Have Raised $50 Million in Venture Capital

Colorado Governor Jared Polis sat down with CoinDesk at ETHDenver, the third version of the ethereum hackathon within the Mile Excessive Metropolis.

A digital native famous for launching a number of web enterprises, Polis led the cost for bitcoin and different digital property within the U.S. Home of Representatives from 2009 to 2019.

“Colorado is the middle of the blockchain financial system. We’ve attracted over $50 million in enterprise capital for blockchain startups,” he stated.

He is excited to again within the driver’s seat on a regional degree. Working within the federal authorities, he stated, was irritating.

“Advocating on the nationwide degree, you are able to do rather a lot and rather a lot can solely be executed there, but it surely strikes like molasses. You possibly can spend years engaged on one factor and possibly eight years later it will get executed,” he stated. “As Governor, we are able to transfer quick, however we are able to solely do what we’re allowed to do.”

Now, as Colorado’s 43rd governor, Polis has signed into legislation the Digital Tokens Act final fall which outlined the taxonomy round utility tokens, clearing preliminary coin choices from scrutiny by the state’s securities and alternate fee. 

Talking with CoinDesk, Polis stated Colorado has established itself as a hub for digital innovation by its laws. The Blockchain Council and Governor’s Workplace of Data Know-how even rolled out a blockchain-based ID system final October.

Shifting from federal-level politics again to the state degree, Polis stated his workplace stays out there for offering info and opinions for federal regulators. The buck, nevertheless, stops on the federal degree although, he stated.

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