Advertisement
AD

Main navigation

Tampa Mayor Is Willing to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Fri, 5/11/2021 - 16:01
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor will be accepting her pay in the world's largest cryptocurrency
Advertisement
Tampa Mayor Is Willing to Be Paid in Bitcoin
Cover image via stock.adobe.com
Read U.TODAY on
Google News

The mayor of Tampa, Florida's third-most populated city, has accepted the challenge to receive her paychecks in Bitcoin.

Jane Castor made the announcement at the Florida Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit this Friday.

Advertisement

She will be the fourth mayor nationwide to get paid in Bitcoin.

The trend was started by cryptocurrency-friendly Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who tweeted on Tuesday that he would take his next salary entirely in the flagship cryptocurrency.

Related
He was then joined by New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams, who proclaimed that he would take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin.  

Advertisement

Previously, Adams said that he wanted to make the "Big Apple" a Bitcoin hub.

Scott Conger, the head of Jackson, Tennessee, became the third major to pledge his allegiance to the cryptocurrency community with a similar announcement.

Advertisement
Subscribe to daily newsletter

Recommended articles

Latest Press Releases

Our social media
There's a lot to see there, too

Popular articles

Advertisement
AD