New York’s new mayor Eric Adams, who takes office in January, said on Thursday that he will take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin.
New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams said on Thursday he would take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin and signaled his intention to make his city the „center of the cryptocurrency industry“ after he takes office in January. „In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my first THREE paychecks in Bitcoin when I become mayor,“ Adams wrote in a Twitter post. „NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!“ Bitcoin price in India as of November 5 at 10:32am IST stood at Rs.49.98 lakh. The mayor-elect’s tweet came in response to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who wrote in a Twitter message of his own that he would take his first paycheck in Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
