MME, a law firm co-founded by the attorney Luka Müller from Zug, resides here at Gubelstrasse 22. In 2014, Luka is sitting at his desk, hunched over boring files, when a teenager named Vitalik Buterin asks him for advice on his obscure crypto project Ethereum. At that time, Bitcoin is still the only cryptocurrency, but Vitalik wants to launch his own currency, ether, and raise capital for it. Luka Müller sets up a foundation for him in Zug to stay on the right side of the law and properly manage the funds. On February 1, 2014, the Ethereum Foundation, the world's first blockchain foundation, is created. At Station 12 and 14 we learn more about Ethereum.
Luka Müller's insight to use a Swiss foundation for blockchain projects creates exactly the legal certainty that crypto entrepreneurs long for. Almost all blockchain projects use a foundation structure today, and MME is celebrated as a pioneer around the world. Many founders and developers now live and work elsewhere, but their foundations remain in Zug.
How did Luka Müller himself experience all of this? Let's listen to his own experience in the eye of the storm.
Entrance of the law firm MME
