(Bloomberg) — Vancouver adopted a coverage that might lead to it utilizing Bitcoin in metropolis funds — prompted partially by the return of US President-elect Donald Trump.
The movement to turn into a “Bitcoin-friendly metropolis” and discover its attainable municipal use was handed Wednesday by the Canadian metropolis’s council.
“I needed to do it for some time,” Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim mentioned in a cellphone interview Tuesday, prior to the council vote. “I didn’t assume the general public was prepared to have the dialog.”
The west coast metropolis’s mayor determined to be extra vocal in regards to the cryptocurrency as a result of “hastily, with what occurred within the States, you’ve a bunch of different nation-states and provinces and states all displaying a sign that they’re going to do that as nicely,” Sim mentioned. “And we would like to get forward of it.”
Since saying the movement in late November, Sim has come out as an ardent Bitcoin believer, calling it “the best invention ever in human historical past” and stating that standard fiat foreign money is “going to zero.”
He believes Bitcoin is “probably” valued at a fraction of its future price, although he confused he’s not certified to give funding recommendation. Bitcoin traded at about $101,345 as of 6:27 p.m. in New York on Wednesday.
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