–Jacob Demmitt
Block.one has quietly moved into its own building in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center as the blockchain startup continues its meteoric rise from nonexistence to a billion-dollar bank account in two years.
The company has offices around the world, but a spokeswoman called Blacksburg an “important center for this growth” in a written statement to The Roanoke Times, a noteworthy distinction for an aspiring technology hub tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Block.one has had a team in a small office suite in the VTCRC for over a year, but property records show it moved into a 30,000-square-foot stand-alone building earlier this summer.
Simply put: Blacksburg has never hosted a startup with financial backing and national notoriety on this scale.