Na volitvah je zmagal kandidat za župana New Yorka, ki je pro-bitcoin, tukaj je, kako bi lahko NYC postal kripto središče

New York City (NYC) Mayor candidate Eric Adams won the election to become the 110th Mayor of the iconic city. The highlight of his campaign was his promise to bring back the lost glory to the city due to the pandemic and more importantly make NYC a crypto hub. Adams, the 61-year-old Democratic Brooklyn borough president was declared the winner over Republican anti-crime activist Curtis Sliwa. He garnered 67% of the total votes.

"Jaz sem popolnoma nepopoln, mesto pa sestavljajo popolnoma nepopolni ljudje," je dejal Adams na zabavi volilne noči v hotelu Marriott v središču Brooklyna. "To je kombinacija, ki nam bo omogočila, da ustvarimo popolno mesto, kjer nihče ne bo zapuščen."

Adams je med svojo kampanjo obljubil, da bo v enem letu mesto vrnil v čase pred Covidom in ga naredil v tehnološko in kripto središče. je rekel,

»Obljubim ti, da boš čez eno leto […] videla drugo mesto. […]. Postali bomo središče znanosti o življenju, center kibernetske varnosti, središče samovozečih avtomobilov, dronov, središče bitcoina, postali bomo središče vse tehnologije,«

NYC in Miami bi lahko postala dve kripto prestolnici ZDA

Adams is not the first US politician to promise a pro-crypto stance, in fact, Miami is currently at the forefront of crypto innovation in the US-led by Mayor Francis Suarez. The city was also the first to launch its own native crypto token in the form of Miami coin which has already generated millions in revenue and is being utilized for the development of the city. Mayor Francis also became the first US Politician to accept 100 % njegove plače je v bitcoinih.

Poleg Miamija je Wyoming tudi rastoče kripto središče, vendar bi glede na ikoničen status NYC in glavno mesto Silicijeve doline zagotovo pripomoglo k večji uveljavitvi kriptovalut. Skupaj z Miamijem bi lahko NYC postal skupna kripto prestolnica ZDA.