{"id":35767,"date":"2021-02-03T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35767"},"modified":"2025-08-29T02:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:54:50","slug":"miami-mayor-aims-to-allow-salaries-to-be-paid-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/miami-mayor-aims-to-allow-salaries-to-be-paid-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami mayor aims to allow salaries to be paid in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to expand the use of Bitcoin in Miami include the possibility of paying city employees&#8217; salaries in the leading cryptocurrency. This was announced by Mayor Francis Suarez in an interview with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rogerhuang\/2021\/02\/01\/miamis-mayor-leads-the-charge-to-bring-bitcoin-to-americas-largest-cities\/?sh=664b0b08c6c9\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Forbes<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, called the idea &#8220;smart&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Smart <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/wxsQkbfPef\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/wxsQkbfPef<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1356716633994092548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among other proposals, Suarez listed the possibility of paying local taxes and fees in cryptocurrency and the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miami-authorities-weigh-allocating-1-of-city-budget-to-bitcoin\">conversion of part of the city treasury into Bitcoin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond city-level efforts, the mayor is pushing crypto-friendly laws at the state level. To this end, he reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-startup-avanti-caitlin-longs-venture-gains-u-s-bank-status\">the crypto bank Avanti<\/a> Caitlin Long, and spoke with Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis about introducing to the state Legislature a bill that would establish Bitcoin rules in the Wyoming style.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMiami and Francis Suarez are paving the way for governments and Bitcoin,\u201d commented Gemini cofounder Tyler Winklevoss in an interview.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Miami and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancisSuarez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@FrancisSuarez<\/a> are leading the way for governments and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Bitcoin<\/a><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/mtMmrGl47R\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/mtMmrGl47R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyler\/status\/1356416696383401984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Miami mayor is also considering funding his reelection campaign in the leading cryptocurrency and hopes to host a Bitcoin conference in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in January, Suarez <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miami-authorities-to-form-task-force-to-integrate-into-the-cryptocurrency-industry\">created an initiative group<\/a> to integrate the city into the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to expand the use of Bitcoin in Miami include the possibility of paying city employees&#8217; salaries in the leading cryptocurrency. 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