#Miami #Mayor #Francis #Suarez is considering putting a percentage of his city’s cash reserves in bitcoin. #Miami is currently working towards accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method for city services and taxes. The mayor believes that “Bitcoin has been a stable investment during an incredibly volatile year. “
#Miami could invest some of the city’s cash reserves in #Bitcoin
#Francis #Suarez, the mayor of the US city of #Miami, #Florida, has spoken to the crypto community about putting a small percentage of the city’s cash reserves into bitcoin. The first #Miami-born mayor, #Suarez previously served as #Miami’s #Commissioner for #District 4 for eight years.
#Morgan #Creek #Digital partner #Anthony #Pompliano, soon to be based in #Miami, discussed what bitcoin can do for #Miami and why #Suarez should put 1% of the city’s cash reserves into cryptocurrency.
#Pompliano tweeted on #Tuesday: “##Retweet this if you moved to #Miami if #Mayor #Francis #Suarez put 1% of the city’s cash reserves in bitcoin.” #Suarez replied:
#Definitely open to explore it.
#Twitter chief #Danny the #Hodler stepped in, saying “It’s not unprecedented. #He claimed that #Wyoming pro-bitcoin elected senator #Cynthia #Lummis “did this with #Wyoming treasury long before anyone even thought of the idea.” #Suarez replied, “I will review what they did. ”
#Lummis is a #Bitcoin hodler who said, “#For me, #Bitcoin has shown great promise and could become a viable alternative store of value to the US dollar both institutionally and personally.” #She promised to make #Congress understand that bitcoin is a great store of value.
#Suarez recently tweeted:
#Bitcoin has been a stable investment during an incredibly volatile year.
The mayor of #Miami also discussed the possibility of using bitcoin and other cryptos to pay for property taxes and city fees, he revealed on #December 22. city services, he confirmed:
#We will definitely be working on it in 2021.
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