The former Bitcoin evangelist announced his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination but avoided mentioning Miami's mixed record with cryptocurrency.
“Today, our city is a major technology hub,” Suarez notes while weaving his way through traffic. “Because we chose to embrace innovation.”What about crypto?
One area notably absent from Suarez’s announcement video, however, was his embrace of cryptocurrency. Suarez was among the most vocal US politicians in 2021 singing crypto’s praises, with a stated goal ofcity. The mayor briefly explored paying residents dividends from a municipal “bitcoin yield.
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