Editorial Note: The action in crypto is insane right now. Bitcoin just hit a new record high. Ethereum is up 500% from a year ago. And every trader I know is wondering... what's going on?! That's why today we're turning to our good friend - and crypto expert - Andy Snyder. If you're at all curious about what's happening in crypto... and what you should be doing about it... keep reading. And be sure to check out Andy's latest research on what's driving the BIGGEST gains right now. - Ryan Fitzwater, Associate Publisher
Andy Snyder, Founder, Manward Press There's more good news in the crypto world. Great news, really. You've no doubt seen the crazy surges in price among certain cryptos. Mainstream adoption is coming fast. You can get the stuff in Walmart. Big banks are adding it to savings accounts. And now... politicians are getting paid in crypto. That last one is where things are really getting interesting. There's a new mayor in New York City. The incumbent was declared a disaster. Eric Adams is taking over. And it turns out, he's a bit more business-friendly than his predecessor ... "We're too bureaucratic, too expensive and too difficult to do business with," Adams said of his city. "Our agencies - they go into businesses and are looking for ways to penalize or fine them. We're changing that atmosphere all together." "This is the Empire State," he concluded, "and we're going to build empires." Assuming that means firing thousands of bureaucrats and burning reams of regulations, we can't complain about it. Words vs. Action One empire Adams wants to build revolves around New York's role in crypto. He says his city will soon be the center of the crypto industry. And to help get things started, he's taking his first three paychecks in Bitcoin. Why not all of them, you surely ask. Well... Adams, of course, is a politician. He needs to play both sides of the coin - even if it's a digital coin that's soaring in price. As usual, it's not what the political class says... it's what it does. In this case, a war of words will do some good. Already, the mayor-elect is competing with Miami - the nation's current crypto capital. Its mayor, after all, is taking only his next paycheck in crypto. Down there under the palms, Miami has created its own crypto, boringly called MiamiCoin. The idea behind the coin, though, is anything but boring. The coin creates a potential new revenue stream for the city... one that doesn't involve taxes. Miami has already generated $7.1 million in revenue with the coin. Mayor Francis Suarez says it could bring in as much as $60 million over the next year. It's a simple concept. Folks mine the coin on their personal computers. They can do what they want with 70% of the coins that are generated. The city gets the other 30%. New York's soon-to-be-mayor is supposedly keen on a similar idea - NYCoin. At the very least, he's vowed to "look at what's preventing the growth of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in our city." As reported over on Nasdaq.com, a growing number of U.S. mayors are following suit... We're not surprised. | 
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