New York Mayoral Candidates Turn to Crypto for Votes

[fiulpro]

If they actually support bitcoins then it's different but if they are only turning to cryptocurrencies because of the fact that they are looking for some votes then I do think this is the worst that they can do. People would not even find them credible enough. The whole point is being able to understand the crypto world and being able to grab the concept of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, but at the same time this shows us *how important cryptocurrencies are in this world right now* the importance is for sure prime and at the same time I do think that it's good if done in a limited manner with credibility in their words for sure.

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[Chrystora123]

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Source: https://decrypt.co/80023/new-york-mayoral-candidates-turn-crypto-votes

if in the past most of the promises of prospective regional leaders were a matter of job vacancies, this time they have all started using crypto as an attraction for their political promises.  I see this is really a good move, they use technology or emerging trends as a political promise..

[alpamar99]

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Source: https://decrypt.co/80023/new-york-mayoral-candidates-turn-crypto-votes

if in the past most of the promises of prospective regional leaders were a matter of job vacancies, this time they have all started using crypto as an attraction for their political promises.  I see this is really a good move, they use technology or emerging trends as a political promise..

even so, I don't think this will have a significant impact considering that people in the crypto sphere are generally selective, and indeed believe it or not they will surely realize that this is only a sweetener. and sweeteners continue to be sweeteners because it is certain that this will lead to politics, which is where we can see politicians justifying any means to get votes.
and indeed the power of crypto is getting stronger and stronger even politics is trying hard to attract people in it.

[AmoreJaz]

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Source: https://decrypt.co/80023/new-york-mayoral-candidates-turn-crypto-votes

if in the past most of the promises of prospective regional leaders were a matter of job vacancies, this time they have all started using crypto as an attraction for their political promises.  I see this is really a good move, they use technology or emerging trends as a political promise..

even so, I don't think this will have a significant impact considering that people in the crypto sphere are generally selective, and indeed believe it or not they will surely realize that this is only a sweetener. and sweeteners continue to be sweeteners because it is certain that this will lead to politics, which is where we can see politicians justifying any means to get votes.
and indeed the power of crypto is getting stronger and stronger even politics is trying hard to attract people in it.

maybe some of them just want to get relevant with the younger generation because this move may attract these younger voters. however, we will know if they are indeed serious with what they are seeking if after getting elected, they will still remember what they have promised. they know that crypto is somewhat getting the interest of a lot of people especially during this pandemic.

[_Miracle]

I'm not familiar enough with these individuals to know what they mean by their words.  So interpretation is quite important here.  Are they supportive of crypto in the way that most of us would prefer to see it integrated into society?  Or are they supportive of crypto in the way it's implemented by the "NY Bitlicense"?  Because those are effectively two different things.   

Polis was part of the political panel when Charlie Lee (lite coin creator) etal were at the New York Panel (2014 ish?)


Jared Polis Tweet
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Aug 5
There is an anti-#Crypto provision hidden in the massive infrastructure bill that would allow mass-surveillance of the crypto-economy. The Senate should adopt the Wyden/Toomey amendment to fix it.
Roads/bridges/trains = good
Destroying the digital token economy = not good

His response to Manchin in the article I linked

"Manchin wrote a letter in 2014 describing bitcoin as "suspect, if not outright detrimental" and called on federal regulators to ban its use before Americans get left "holding the bag on a valueless currency."
Polis responded to Manchin's letter by replacing all the instances of BTC in the note with "dollar bills" in a satirical call to ban the fiat currency."


I think it's important for politicians to make an attempt to understand crypto AND other technologies with the potential to change our daily lives: They are really bad at it.

Does anyone remember the congressional hearings for Bill Gates? The lack of knowledge our politicians had back then was cringeworthy and it hasn't seemed to change. 

[jaberwock]

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."

Well, I’m not really surprised because politician is always ready to do anything during their time of campaign just to win election. It’s almost likely that most of these politicians are using cryptocurrency just as a way to convince people to vote for them and after that they are less likely to fulfil what they have promised. That’s why when you are voting for any politicians it’s always good to note their history and know the type of people they really are and know a lot of things about them before you vote for them.

If you don’t do that you end up voting for the wrong person. So, we shouldn’t let them deceive us with a promise that they’re going to make with cryptocurrency because the community of cryptocurrency is already growing whether these politicians are backing it or not.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I think that politicians do whatever it takes for a vote, from my experience I only say that a politician is very difficult to tell the truth, although I do not know what politics is like in the USA, I imagine that it is different and that there they have more credibility, however support that wants to make New York a crypto-friendly city, this if they actually comply with it would greatly help the price of BTC, not only will more people enter the BTC market, but the demand will grow in a short time, making the price rises much faster than normal, when entering the big apple I think that BTC will have a big bullish trend, or a very big rally.

This seeing it from the speculative point of view of the market, now seeing it from the point of view of adoption is too good a strategy to publicize technology and especially the best alternative economy.