Bitcoin Turns Into a Political Tool as US Mayors Compete For BTC Salaries
Another US politician deciding to accept some of their salary in crypto shows how bitcoin (BTC) is increasingly becoming a political instrument for decision-makers who wish to appeal to more tech-savvy and crypto-friendly voters.
The election of Eric Adams as the new mayor of New York City has added another crypto-enthusiast to the growing club of crypto-friendly US mayors who declared readiness to accept their next paycheck in BTC, alongside the mayors of Miami and Jackson, Tennessee.
Miami’s notoriously pro-crypto Mayor Francis Suarez, who was reelected earlier this week as the Republican Party’s candidate, announced shortly after his win he would take his next paycheck “100% in bitcoin”.
This has triggered a response by Adams, a Democrat,
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