Topic: New York Mayoral Candidates Turn to Crypto for Votes - page 3. (Read 397 times)

Also, I am thinking that maybe it is also one way to attract crypto donators to them. With crypto transactions, no one will know how much is donated to their campaign. Because they can hide it by not disclosing those funds. But anyway, looking at the bigger picture, politicians promoting a crypto-friendly environment is always welcome. Because the more adoption that we have, the demand will further increase and so its price in the market.

I agree with you that it's just another political style of campaigning. We all know restrictions for US citizens in the crypto ecosystem despite the US has the largest adoption for cryptocurrencies since early days of bitcoin.
I may believe him or whoever if he promises to integrate blockchain technology in some economy/monetary fields. I remember an independant candidate from the US presidential election who also propised voters to get into crypto if he would win but we didn't here that he has a decent numbers of votes due to his promises.
NYC citizens who are interested in the cryptocurrencies would be sure that this candidate is selling them the illusion toward their votes, and ignorant people don't even know about the existence of bitcoin .

They know that there are a lot of crypto folks that are living in New York. But that will work? we don't know, in every campaign, they have to convince everyone that's part of their city to get their votes. And that's why every sector that they think that has a large number of vote, they should feel that they're with them. It's just another political style of campaigning and you'll see most of them as part of those sectors, organizations and other social parties.

Interesting.  I do remember Yang but didn't remember his party (and I'm surprised to learn that he's a democrat).  You're probably right about a republican having no chance of getting elected as governor of NY.  We can only hope.

this is like a new opportunity for candidates to get votes because they realize that there are now many crypto lovers and holders and this is very possible for them to do a maneuver to attract votes from here.
but again they say like this it doesn't mean they care about crypto, this is just an initial promise to attract hearts and votes to get lots of votes apart from that everything returns to politics using all means to win elections.
apart from that on the one hand this is an effective way to attract sympathizers and when the win can be realized properly (not just a promise) this will be quite good because apart from NYC there is Miami which until now the mayor is still active in supporting crypto.

Andrew Yang was another candidate for New York mayor, he also supported crypto and was blown out of the water, and that was a democratic candidate with some name recognition. This guy is a republican and has precisely a zero chance of going anywhere. Voters don't understand nor care about crypto, they probably never will. Politics is a game of pandering.

New York City mayoral candidates have turned to cryptocurrencies as part of their campaign promises.
Republican candidate Curtis Silwa wrote on Twitter yesterday: "As mayor of New York City, I will make New York the Crypto-friendly city in the country. "Property taxes, fines, and commissions will be payable with cryptocurrencies."
“We will open more crypto ATMs and incentivize businesses to accept crypto. We must modernize our economy and make it accessible for all,” he added.
Silwa’s tweet, which featured graphics from Dogecoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Ripple ATMs, is not the first time a New York City mayoral candidate has used cryptocurrencies to the campaign.
New York Democratic nominee Eric Adams has vowed to make New York City the "center of bitcoin."
“We’re going to bring business here. We’re going to become the center of life science, the center of cybersecurity, the center of self-driving cars, drones, the center of Bitcoins,” Adams said at a campaign watch party earlier in the summer.
In Adams' case, the commitment to advocacy seems to be part of a broader effort to modernize the city and embrace new technologies, not just to promote cryptocurrencies.
Andrew Yang, a mayoral candidate and former Democratic presidential candidate, is another example. "As the mayor of New York City, I will invest in turning the city into a hub for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies," he said in February.

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