{"id":45005,"date":"2021-06-25T20:02:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45005"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:38:09","slug":"new-york-mayoral-candidate-pledges-to-turn-city-into-a-bitcoin-industry-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/new-york-mayoral-candidate-pledges-to-turn-city-into-a-bitcoin-industry-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"New York mayoral candidate pledges to turn city into a Bitcoin industry hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the candidates for the office of mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said he planned to make the city more friendly to technology and cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" title=\\\"Eric Adams Election Night Victory Speech\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"281\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmxq6oGxgdw?feature=oembed\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" allow=\\\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\\\" referrerpolicy=\\\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\\\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cI promise you that in a year you will see a different city. &#8230; We will attract business. We will become the center of life sciences, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, drones, and the Bitcoin center,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later he stressed that New York must compete with Miami\u2019s growing business ambitions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Eric Adams is talking about drone development and says you \\&#8221;can\\&#8217;t get it done\\&#8221; and everyone stays in their siloes. He bemoans Miami is \\&#8221;beating New York\\&#8221; in business<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossBarkan\/status\/1408061257769381905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced plans to invest<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miami-authorities-weigh-allocating-1-of-city-budget-to-bitcoin\"> 1% of municipal budget reserves in bitcoin<\/a>, to allow city workers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miami-mayor-aims-to-allow-salaries-to-be-paid-in-bitcoin\">to receive salaries in digital gold<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miami-mayor-seeks-to-lure-chinese-miners-with-cheap-power\">to attract Chinese miners<\/a> with cheap energy.<\/p>\n<p>According to data as of June 23, Adams leads Democratic primary rivals with 31.66% of the vote. Final primary results will be announced within a week, beginning July 12.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin industry veteran Brock Pierce endorsed Adams. In his view, this candidate is a leader, \u201cwho knows how to unite and knows what New York needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">God bless NYC. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericadamsfornyc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@ericadamsfornyc<\/a> is about to win. This is a leader who knows how to unite, and knows what NYC needs. Law and order as well as how to support business big and small. New York 2.0; New York reborn!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brock Pierce (@brockpierce) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brockpierce\/status\/1407540581694382083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In February, businessman and mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said that if he wins the election, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/andrew-yang-vows-to-turn-new-york-into-a-bitcoin-hub\">he would turn the city into a Bitcoin hub<\/a> and other cryptocurrencies. According to The Block, he dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the candidate for New York City&#8217;s treasurer Reshma Patel unveiled a city development plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/new-york-city-comptroller-candidate-reshma-patel-urges-investment-in-cryptocurrencies\">based on investments in blockchain business and digital assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the candidates for the New York City mayor&#8217;s seat, Eric Adams, said he planned to make the city more friendly to technology and cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1280,748,26],"class_list":["post-45005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-elections","tag-new-york","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45007,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005\/revisions\/45007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}