{"id":23928,"date":"2025-05-13T12:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/new-york-mayor-reaffirms-ambition-to-make-city-global-crypto-capital\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:28:26","slug":"new-york-mayor-reaffirms-ambition-to-make-city-global-crypto-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/new-york-mayor-reaffirms-ambition-to-make-city-global-crypto-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mayor Reaffirms Ambition to Make City Global Crypto Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Mayor Eric Adams has reiterated his ambition to transform the city into the world&#8217;s crypto capital. The official made this statement ahead of the inaugural summit on digital assets, scheduled for May 20.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1204\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgBFpNUgRy0\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Makes Digital Assets and Economic Development Announcement with CTO Matt Fraser\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe are focused on the long-term values of these technologies [\u2026], rather than chasing memes or trends,\u201d<\/em> Adams stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He highlighted the positive impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchain on the city&#8217;s underprivileged population, who face barriers in accessing financial services.<\/p>\n<p>According to the mayor, the summit aims to foster a \u201ccross-pollination\u201d of ideas to advance the metropolis&#8217;s industry in the \u201cright direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams pledged to collaborate with tech companies and create a supportive environment to help them thrive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cIf you are working in crypto, blockchain, <\/em><em>Web3<\/em><em>, or fintech, New York is open for business,\u201d<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Separately, the city&#8217;s <span data-descr=\"chief technology officer\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CTO<\/span>, Matt Fraser, highlighted the advantages of the technology, particularly in easing access to vital information such as birth and death records.<\/p>\n<p>Back in his mayoral campaign, Adams announced he would receive his first three paychecks in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Mayor Eric Adams has reiterated his ambition to transform the city into the world&#8217;s crypto capital. The official made this statement ahead of the inaugural summit on digital assets, scheduled for May 20. \u201cWe are focused on the long-term values of these technologies [\u2026], rather than chasing memes or trends,\u201d Adams stated. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[748,36],"class_list":["post-23928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-new-york","tag-regulation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}