A growing number of US mayors are embracing crypto and blockchain tech, hoping to create revenue streams with NFTs or mining, attract tech talent, and more
This new political breed accepts paychecks in Bitcoin. The mayors also want to use buzzy new tech like NFTs to raise money for public projects. Tweets: @rhhackett , @mayorconger , @brfreed , @billycorben , and @whstancil Tweets: Robert Hackett / @rhhackett : it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single mayor in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a more secretive place to stash his crypto https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Mayor Scott Conger / @mayorconger : You don't have to be in a big city to do big things. If you want to build a business, we have everything you need - in addition to a low cost of living. https://twitter.com/... Benjamin Freed / @brfreed : New York Times profiles the Tennessee mayor who wants to turn a wing of his city hall into a bitcoin mine. https://www.nytimes.com/... Billy Corben / @billycorben : Mayor Ponzi Postalita is an embarrassment. Miami is one of the poorest cities in the US but he cares more about his “analytics” than affordable housing, sea level rise, infrastructure, transit or a warning from the SEC about his crypto hustle #BecauseMiami https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Will Stancil / @whstancil : BRB converting all my income to invisible magic beans because the people selling invisible magic beans told me it was smart. I'm sure people will continue to spend billions on this item because if they don't I gave all my money away in exchange for nothing https://www.nytimes.com/...