The article was first published in Mint on July 3, 2025.
Indian-origin tech entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan has purchased a private island near Singapore to build what he calls a “Network State”- a decentralised, digital-first society for techies, creators, and founders.
Srinivasan, a former CTO of Coinbase and co-founder of multiple Silicon Valley ventures, envisions a future where online communities with shared values evolve into globally recognised nations. His project, which once sounded like a futuristic thought experiment, is now unfolding on a real island with real people, and it’s creating quite the buzz, TechCrunch reported…
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