The short, trippy life of The Sacred Mushroom is over.
What was once the largest legal psilocybin venue in Portland is “permanently closed,” according to Google Maps. Neither it nor its parent company, Kaya Holdings, appears in the state’s current directory of psilocybin service centers.
Kaya Holdings chief executive Craig Frank didn’t return a message seeking comment. In September, Frank told WW that the Sacred Mushroom would remain open even as Kaya pivoted to a new industry: cryptocurrency.
Kaya detailed its switch to crypto in an Oct. 21 press release, saying it aimed to become a “digital asset treasury company.” So-called “datcos” raise money from investors and plow it into bitcoin and other digital currencies, betting their stock will rise along with crypto.
Such pivots are

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