Miami Mayor Meets With Elrond CEO After Bitcoin Treasury Discussion
2 min readIt seems that Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano may have influenced another high-profile person to embrace crypto. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez sat down with Elrond founder and CEO Beniamin Mincu.
Pomp and Mayor Suarez had a brief discussion on Twitter about utilizing bitcoin as part of its treasury reserve, something the mayor said he was definitely open to. Perhaps an in-person meeting signifies an even higher level of interest?
The Meeting
In a recent tweet, Mincu explains in detail what was discussed. In the thread, Mincu opens with:
“On Friday, I met with the Mayor of Miami, @FrancisSuarez, to have a discussion about the multi-trillion dollar opportunity in blockchain/crypto, and how Elrond can help Miami seize this opportunity.”
He continued:
“To make the most of this opportunity, I have suggested two things Mayor Francis could do to position Miami for strong tailwind adoption: 1 – Friendly regulation. 2 – A strategic collaboration with an internet-scale blockchain platform. Hence, our discussion about Elrond.”
It appears the two had a deeper discussion compared with the pleasantries that may be expected from a high tech platform and a politician.
They discussed actionable changes that the city of Miami could take advantage of by working with cryptocurrency-based projects and organizations.
1/ On Friday, I met with the Mayor of Miami, @FrancisSuarez, to have a discussion about the multi-trillion dollar opportunity in blockchain/crypto, and how Elrond can help Miami seize this opportunity.
#hypergrowth100 Day 6.Thread: pic.twitter.com/AdDMJxK2C4
— Beniamin Mincu
(@beniaminmincu) January 10, 2021
(@beniaminmincu) What is Elrond?
Elrond is a scalable, high-performance blockchain platform meant to facilitate the use of decentralized applications. According to the remainder of Mincu’s thread:
“To be clear, Elrond is complementary to Bitcoin and Ethereum. In fact, Elrond is the ultimate internet-scale blockchain, being able to scale beyond Visa levels in bandwidth, with trivial transaction cost, and offering a great dev experience. All live and available today.”
Mincu continued to point out exactly how Miami could benefit from the Elrond platform, stating that it can offer a highly scalable platform to build on.
He also proposed that Elrond could finance blockchain founders and entrepreneurs in Miami and offer strategic advice related to all things blockchain and crypto.
US politicians sitting down with blockchain experts and discussing the various possibilities is likely something that would have been unheard of just a few years earlier.
It’s unclear yet whether Mayor Suarez will be taking up Mincu on his offers, however, it does appear that mainstream adoption is coming slowly but surely.
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