Utah Crypto Club

Utah's largest and most-active crypto community of founders, builders, traders, devs and degens. Monthly meetups in SLC.

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@nickisanders Am I a joke to you??

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

Friday in Salt Lake City 🍕

RSVP: https://t.co/BoeHSID2Cs

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@solana @mtndao the draw of the mtn

[Solana @solana]

Solana Stories: The Draw of the Mountains

@mtndao

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Demo Day at @mtndao https://t.co/y6q02yduH0

[Nemil Dalal @nemild]

.@ycombinator is coming to @mtndao on Monday in Salt Lake City for live office hours.

If you're a @solana builder, we'd love to hear from you.

[Nicki Sanders @nickisanders]

@UTtechweek Fintech X Crypto event last night was a success!

@utahcryptoclub

[ChristianØ @christian_zro]

In 12 months, every serious fintech and payment startup in Utah will be forced to adopt stablecoins or other blockchain-powered payment rails.

Join us at @UTtechweek to learn:

​1) Why stablecoins matter now (and why fintech adoption is accelerating)

2) ​Where stablecoins fit in a payments stack (what they do/don't replace)

​3) How to choose between stablecoin rails and launching your own stablecoin (e.g. Intuit integrating USDC vs. PayPal launching PYUSD)

4) What risk do product teams underestimate the most: issuer risk, fraud, AML, chain downtime?

​5) What’s working in real go-to-market attempts

6) Top fintech stablecoin examples to study in 2026

​Agenda
​​5:30 PM — Food, Drinks, Networking
6:00 PM — Intro
6:30 PM — Presentation by Ava Labs
7:00 PM — The Stablecoin Playbook
7:30 PM — Networking

​​Speakers
​​- @yu_lin_dong | Ava Labs, AvaCloud
- Kensie England | Offchain Labs, ZeroDev
- @zimm0x | Narmi, Prev. Para
- Michael Wasyl | DeerCreek, Bracket
- @nickisanders | Prev. Anchorage, Taxbit

Cohosts:
@utahcryptoclub, U of U Fintech Club

Presented by:
@avax, @standwithcrypto, @avaxteam1

Venue:
HAVN

For founders, operators, engineering and GTM teams. If you're building a fintech or payment startup in 2026, this one is for you.

[mtndao 🗻 @mtndao]

It's finally time.

10 days until mtndao v9.

An incomplete list of teams attending (so far):

@SolanaFndn
@altitude
@multisig
@solanamobile
@MetaDAOProject
@multicoin
@triton_one
@raikucom
@SkyRiseLabs
@seedplex_io
@coinbase
@arcium
@SP3NDdotshop
@GetAmpPay
@imperialperps
@reflowxyz
@surfpool_sol
@FlashTrade
@DriftProtocol
@Bondum_App
@StepFinance_
@UmbraPrivacy
@anagramxyz
@hylo_so
@GetPyra
@chompdotfyi
@JupiterExchange
@HawkFi_
@burnandclaim
@corbits_dev
@opensea
@metaplex
@DPPP_AGENCY
@MBongoCash
@sharklabs_sh
@phase_
@heliuslabs
@orca_so
@colosseum
@Layer_33_
@exo_tech_
@TrustEngineDAO
@stable_tweets
@nubit_org
@ForaMarkets
@bebop_dex
@enclavemarkets
@EclipseFND
@stealf_finance
@PineAnalytics

[Nicki Sanders @nickisanders]

Fintech and crypto are colliding fast and stablecoins are at the center of it.

When TurboTax and QuickBooks integrate USDC, SoFi issues a stablecoin, PayPal launches PYUSD, and Stripe starts rolling out its own blockchain, this is no longer theoretical.

If you’re building payments, this is becoming table stakes.

I’ll be at @UTtechweek for Fintech x Crypto: The Stablecoin Playbook to talk through how blockchain powered payment rails actually work and what builders should be thinking about heading into 2026.

Come join me.

[ChristianØ @christian_zro]

If you're building in fintech/payments in Utah, don’t miss this.

- TurboTax and QuickBooks integrating USDC
- SoFi, first national bank to issue a stablecoin
- PayPal launches PYUSD, YouTube integrating
- Stripe rolling out an L1 blockchain + stablecoin

The gap between fintechs and crypto is disappearing.

At @uttechweek come get the playbook on how blockchain-powered payment rails work, where they fit in a modern stack, and what to build in 2026.

Event
Fintech x Crypto: The Stablecoin Playbook

Presented by
@avax, @standwithcrypto, @avaxteam1

Co-hosted by
University of Utah Fintech Club, @utahcryptoclub

📍 HAVN (Salt Lake City)
📅 Thursday, Feb 5th @ 5:30PM

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

Utah founder.

Lfg.

[Ranger @ranger_finance]

Ranger’s ICO on @MetaDAOProject has officially concluded.

$86,398,012 committed from 8,761 contributors.

Thank you to everyone who backed Ranger and believed in the mission.

More details on the $RNGR rollout soon.

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@DeFiOrbit_xyz @avax @Uniswap @aave yooooo 👀

[edgar @edgarpavlovsky]

https://t.co/B4uoGsJOdC

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@standwithcrypto @CoinDesk 🧡

[ChristianØ @christian_zro]

"@utahcryptoclub is a pet project"... hold my dirty soda... here's the 2026 lineup (so far):

1️⃣ Utah Blockchain Week

A week of events in SLC/Utah County with local builders, startups, VCs and global teams flying in.

(AUG 2026)

2️⃣ Co-Founder: @krysteemiller

Krystee and I hosted crypto events years ago. Today, she’s stepping in as co-founder of Utah Crypto Club to run events + grow the org in 2026.

3️⃣ Advisors

High signal builders to guide events and help build a support program for early-stage Utah startups.

- Kensie, Offchain Labs
- Grant, Anchorage
- @theshaysh0w, Moonbeam
- @chiefdavis, DeFi Orbit
- @jamesrp13, Unboxed

4️⃣ Utah Tech Week

​If you work in fintech or payments, join us at Utah Tech Week. We'll drop The Stablecoin Playbook: how blockchain-powered payments work and fit in a modern stack, and what to build in 2026.

Presented by @avax, @avaxteam1, @standwithcrypto, and co-hosted with the U of U Fintech Club.

(FEB 2026)

5️⃣ Bitcoin vs. Crypto

Salt Lake Bitcoin (@slc_btc_meetup) vs. Utah Crypto Club, another 2-on-2 debate, food, drinks and friends.

(APR 2026)

6️⃣ Job Fair

Looking for a job or internship in crypto?

With the U of U Fintech Club and BYU Bitcoin Club, we're hosting a job fair with open roles from local startups, recruiters and top remote crypto teams.

(MAY 2026)

7️⃣ Utah Builder Report

For 3 years, we've built the most comprehensive directory of Utah-based founders, builders and operators at crypto startups, from early-stage (Etherfuse) to established org (Solana).

(Release TBD)

—

If you want to:

- cohost an event
- feature roles at our job fair
- be included in the Utah builder report
- bring your startup to Utah blockchain week

DM / comment and let’s talk. Bullish on Utah. 2026 is our year. ✌️

[Aerodrome @AerodromeFi]

@DeFiOrbit_xyz 👀

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@SLC_BTC_Meetup @BtcPins @soapminer1 @satscoffee @sportdrink @cluborange that custom mug is sick!

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

At Ethdenver 2024 a guy I respect said to me "I didn't realize Utah had any builders." Since then, Utah Crypto Club has gone all out.

Across all events we organized, partnered or collab-ed on:

- In 2024, we had 850+ rsvps
- In 2025, we had 1200+ rsvps

Builders from some of the most legit L1/L2s, protocols, infra and institutions in the industry.

- Xai
- Jito
- HIFI
- Tally
- OKX
- Base
- Giddy
- Azura
- TaxBit
- Paxos
- Helius
- Noves
- Resolv
- Solana
- Kraken
- Nomyx
- Canton
- Fidelity
- mtndao
- Bracket
- Hightop
- Polygon
- Alchemy
- Sherlock
- Panoptic
- Unboxed
- MoonTax
- Coinbase
- Etherfuse
- DeFi Orbit
- Metallicus
- Avalanche
- Anchorage
- Amberdata
- MoonBeam
- Chainalysis
- Orb Agency
- EZ Trade Pro
- Offchain Labs
- DeFi Kingdoms
- Ranger Finance
- Goldman Sachs
- Crystal Intelligence
- Arbitrum Foundation

(might have missed a few)

@siliconslopes Utah is already a major tech hub. Along with @standwithcrypto, we'll make it a major crypto hub, too. If you're a builder in Utah, 2026 will be a good year for you.

[Utah Crypto Club @utahcryptoclub]

@AndrewN41384338 @Meetup two guys asking here @RarebreedsGG and @0xTrojanhorse