Francis Suarez, mayor of the city of Miami (United States), continues to make history by receiving his official salary in bitcoins. This and more news in this practical daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
Miami mayor still receives his salary in bitcoins
📍Miami Mayor Francis Suarez continues to receive his official salary in bitcoins. During the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Suarez announced that he recently received new bitcoins for his salary as mayor of the city.
Last year, Suarez became the first American politician to commit to taking his entire salary in BTC, the industry’s most capitalized cryptocurrency, and despite the crypto market’s downturn this year, Suarez is continuing his commitment by taking his official salary in BTC.
"I just bought some yesterday," said Francis Suarez during the mayors' conference, where he also spoke about the efforts being made in the city to promote the development of Web3.
Phantom expands to Ethereum and Polygon Network
📍Solana's Phantom wallet is adding support for the Ethereum and Polygon networks. Phantom will begin offering support for tokens and digital assets based on the Ethereum and Polygon Network networks in the next 3 months, its developers indicated.
Via Twitter, the developers of the Solana crypto wallet highlighted that their intention is to turn Phantom into a multi-chain wallet that works for everything.
The partnership between Phantom and the Ethereum and Polygon networks will help the cryptocurrency wallet provide its users with a first-class Web3 experience to experience the new wave of NFT projects, games, DApps, and metaverses developing on the blockchain ecosystem.
Workshop on Metaverses and NFTs was held in the European Union
📍Industry experts explore cryptocurrency regulation alongside European parliamentarians. This Tuesday, several experts from the crypto industry participated in a workshop on Metaverses and NFTs alongside MEP Stefan Berger, the main driving force behind the MiCA law, and other parliamentarians.
Blockchain for Europe, an organization focused on driving blockchain innovation in the European Union, reported that the workshop held seeks to provide guidance and information on the cryptocurrency industry to boost its future regulation in a proper and healthy manner. The organization highlighted that it is always good to collaborate with regulators to spread education about crypto assets.
The workshop on Metaverses and NFTs featured Markus Infanger and Andrew Whitworth from Ripple and Jeffrey Haas from Atomic Hub, among others.
Bank of Spain calls for regulating Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
📍Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain, believes that Bitcoin can scale the traditional financial system and threaten its stability. Given the potential risks, Hernández de Cos called for regulating Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market with a forward-looking approach that encompasses all aspects of cryptoassets.
During the International Conference of Banking Supervisors, the Governor of the Bank of Spain and also President of the Basel Banking Committee, Indian that the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market has the potential to quickly scale up to the traditional financial sector. Hernández de Cos pointed out that the fall of FTX left exposed several interconnections with entities in the traditional system, although he also specified that these are not yet significant.
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