Miami

2 Tweets Make a Story: Bloomberg’s Bitcoin Miami Report

The first story about COVID out of Bitcoin 2021 needed significantly more reporting than it had, and unfortunately, it drove copy-paste follow-ons instead.

News  ·  14 June 2021

Was Bitcoin Miami a COVID Superspreader Event? Too Early to Say

The plural of anecdote is not data.

People  ·  11 June 2021
Newsletters

Miami Coin and Voting With Your Tokens

Patrick Stanley's new project may provide a way for people to reward and be rewarded by innovative cities.

Tech  ·  8 June 2021
Cryptocurrency

US Luxury Penthouse Sells for Record-Breaking $22.5M in Crypto

As per confidentiality agreements, the buyer and the type of cryptocurrency used to make the purchase have not been revealed.

News  ·  8 June 2021
Bitcoin Payments

Florida Health-Care Company Accepting Bitcoin for COVID-19 Tests

The service is available at Progressive Care's PharmoRx locations in North Miami Beach.

News  ·  4 June 2021
Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com to Move US Headquarters to Miami From New York

The Luxembourg-based company plans on creating as many as 300 jobs over the next 18 months at the new location.

News  ·  3 June 2021
Algorand

Borderless to Launch $25M Miami Blockchain Fund With Algorand, Circle

Miami was chosen because of its blockchain and crypto-friendly outlook.

News  ·  2 June 2021
Bitcoin

Jackson, Tennessee, in ‘Prime Position’ to Be a Bitcoin Leader, Says Mayor

The city is exploring paying its employees in bitcoin and adding bitcoin mining to its balance sheet.

News  ·  22 April 2021
FTX

FTX CEO Says Miami Heat Naming Rights Deal Is Partly Philanthropic

Sam Bankman-Fried wants to do good by doing well.

People  ·  29 March 2021
Bitcoin Mining

Miami Mayor Wants City to Become Bitcoin Mining Hub

The mayor would love Miami becoming a bitcoin mining hub to harness the city’s nuclear power capability.

News  ·  29 March 2021
Cryptocurrency

Miami Commissioners Reject Mayor’s Push to OK Crypto Use, Vote to Study It First: Report

The city will seek a vendor to help City Hall pay all or part of its employees' salaries in bitcoin. Residents would also have the option of using cryptocurrency to pay for city services.

News  ·  12 February 2021
Interview

Miami Mayor Previews ‘Favorable’ Crypto Policy

In an interview with CoinDesk, Francis X. Suarez explains how he plans to attract the crypto industry to Florida.

People  ·  3 February 2021
Bitcoin White Paper

Miami Uploads Bitcoin White Paper to Municipal Website

Mayor Suarez once again pledged to turn Miami into a "hub for crypto innovation."

News  ·  27 January 2021
Policy

Miami Mayor ‘Exploring’ Ideas in Crypto Governance

Mayor Suarez is open to everything from blockchain voting to tokenization.

People  ·  24 December 2020
Europe

‘Gold-Backed’ Crypto Token’s Promoter Investigated by Florida Regulators

Karatbars, issuer of a purportedly gold-backed crypto token, is under investigation by Florida regulators over links to a Miami “crypto bank.”

Policy & regulation  ·  4 October 2019