{"id":16328,"date":"2021-05-26T18:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci0284135060002467"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:07:21","slug":"miami-mayor-francis-suarez-bitcoin-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-bitcoin-2021","title":{"rendered":"Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Says Bitcoin Is Crucial For Underserved Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Miami Mayor Francis Suarez burst onto the scene during the pandemic, after buying his first modest bitcoin stash \u201ca few months ago.\u201d Since then, he set a personal goal to turn his tropical city into a bitcoin-savvy economy before 2022. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Suarez is delivering the opening speech at Bitcoin 2021 on June 4 at 9 am EST. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zp43Ktm3wos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tune in via Youtube<\/a> to see what Miami\u2019s bitcoin-savvy mayor has to say about innovation in a post-pandemic economy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur City Commission voted to explore three things: paying city employees in bitcoin, residents being able to pay taxes and fees in bitcoin, and the possibility of using city funds to invest in bitcoin,\u201d Suarez said. \u201cMy efforts revolving around bitcoin, and more particularly, my efforts revolving around the tech ecosystem as a whole are all geared towards making Miami a city that works for everyone and historically underserved communities are the ones who stand the most to gain from this disruptive technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zp43Ktm3wos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Set a reminder for Bitcoin 2021 Day 1 YouTube Live Stream \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mayor added that he\u2019d love to talk with bitcoin mining companies which might want to operate in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s based in Miami or not, I absolutely believe we\u2019re going to see a rapid transition towards a more environmentally sustainable era of bitcoin mining,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To hear more about the bitcoin businesses flocking to Miami, follow both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBitcoinConf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bitcoin2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancisSuarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suarez<\/a> on Twitter, and <em>Bitcoin Magazine<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realbitcoinmagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, plus join our conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/officialbitcoinmagazine\">Telegram<\/a>. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with all the happenings at Bitcoin 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As Suarez said, being an early adopter involved in the bitcoin space is a golden opportunity \u201cto educate an entire generation on financial literacy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Mayor is on a mission to bring his city forward into a brighter, bitcoin-powered future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":16329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2213,592,1538,1488],"class_list":{"0":"post-16328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"tag-bitcoin-2021","9":"tag-conferences","10":"tag-francis-suarez","11":"tag-miami"},"author_data":{"id":2520,"name":"Bitcoin Magazine","nicename":"bitcoin-magazine","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bitcoin-magazine-logo.jpeg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/how-bitcoin-native-currency-of-the-internet-restores-the-law-of-nature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}