Cryptocurrencies: New York Mayor Promises to Make City the New Center for Bitcoin
Eric Adams promises to make New York a crypto city.
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New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams joins other US local authorities in their quest to turn the territory he governs into a “capital of cryptocurrencies . This was made known by the Democrat Eric Adams during his campaign for mayor of New York City, and now that he won the position he made it official in a tweet.
It’s official – our five-borough, knock -every-door, reach-every-voter campaign was successful: We have won the race for Mayor of New York City!
This is my dream come true, and I couldn’t be more proud to represent the City that we all love as your Mayor-elect 🗽🍎
This implies possible competition with authorities from other states that have expressed the same interest in cryptocurrencies and especially bitcoin.
Just a few days ago, the mayor of Miami, Francis Suárez assured that he has no problem in receive your next salary in digital currency , specifically in bitcoins currency that you have openly supported in recent years. Such an assertion came after the financial expert, Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, launched a challenge on his social networks asking himself “Who will be the first American politician to accept his salary in bitcoins ”.
In this sense, Adams promised that it would be “a friendly competition with the mayor of Miami, ”he told Bloomberg Radio. And he even praised the work of Francis Suárez with the creation of the MiamiCoin, launched in the city of Florida last August.
In fact, the The new mayor of New York announced the beginning of an exploration work for the creation of a City Coin for New York. In addition to unlocking everything that is preventing the growth of Bitcoin in the Big Apple.
The bill was sent on May 3 to the Environmental Conservation Committee, to demand that the miners cryptocurrencies that undergo an environmental impact review if they wish to continue mining.
But there is confidence that the new mayor of the Big Apple will achieve his objectives, it should be noted that during his tenure as president of the borough of Brooklyn, technology companies increased by 365% with your help. With your efforts, you can make New York a hassle-free mining hub.
Adams is not the only local authority expressing an interest in the use of cryptocurrencies for your city. They were made by the mayor of Miami and another mayor who also recently revealed his interest in turning his city into a crypto hub was Cool Valley, Jason Stewart.
