Is Crypto Miami for Real?
With a pro-bitcoin mayor and a growing developer community, Miami badly wants to be Crypto City. Jeff Wilser takes the temperature.
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May 20, 2021 at 12:03 p.m. UTC
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Jackson, Tennessee, in ‘Prime Position’ to Be a Bitcoin Leader, Says Mayor
The city is exploring paying its employees in bitcoin and adding bitcoin mining to its balance sheet.
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Apr 22, 2021 at 10:17 p.m. UTC
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Miami Mayor Wants City to Be a ‘Clean’ Mining Hub for Crypto
90% of crypto is currently mined outside the United States – something Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, is trying to change. Suarez wants Miami to become a “clean energy” b...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 5:32 p.m. UTC
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FTX CEO Says Miami Heat Naming Rights Deal Is Partly Philanthropic
Sam Bankman-Fried wants to do good by doing well.
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Mar 29, 2021 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
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Miami Mayor Wants City to Become Bitcoin Mining Hub
The mayor would love Miami becoming a bitcoin mining hub to harness the city’s nuclear power capability.
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Mar 29, 2021 at 10:04 a.m. UTC
Mar 29, 2021
Miami Commissioners Reject Mayor's Push to OK Crypto Use, Vote to Study It First: Report
The city will seek a vendor to help City Hall pay all or part of its employees' salaries in bitcoin.
Residents would also have the option of using cryptocurrency to pay for ci...
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Feb 12, 2021 at 12:25 p.m. UTC
Feb 12, 2021
Miami Mayor Previews 'Favorable' Crypto Policy
In an interview with CoinDesk, Francis X. Suarez explains how he plans to attract the crypto industry to Florida.
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Feb 3, 2021 at 4:08 p.m. UTC
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Miami Uploads Bitcoin White Paper to Municipal Website
Mayor Suarez once again pledged to turn Miami into a "hub for crypto innovation."
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Jan 27, 2021 at 6:43 p.m. UTC
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Will Mayor Suarez's Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC.
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Jan 15, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 15, 2021
Miami Mayor 'Exploring' Ideas in Crypto Governance
Mayor Suarez is open to everything from blockchain voting to tokenization.
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Dec 24, 2020 at 6:40 p.m. UTC
Dec 24, 2020