Meet The Crypto Candidate; Miami Mayoral Candidate Francis Suarez Accepts Bitcoin

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Meet crypto candidates; Miami Mayor Candidate Francis Suarez Accepts Bitcoin

A recent survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce found that 90% of small businesses do not accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment. But one politician is bucking that trend by accepting bitcoin donations for his campaign.

Francis Suarez, mayoral candidate for Miami-Dade County, Florida, has announced that he will accept bitcoin donations to help fund his campaign. If elected, Suarez will become the first political candidate in the United States to accept cryptocurrency donations.

Suarez made the announcement Tuesday during a press conference at Miami International Airport's Marriott North hotel. He was joined by representatives from Blockchain Tech Corp., the company behind PayBitex, a recently launched crypto payment gateway platform designed specifically for merchants in Venezuela who are not access to international credit card networks due to sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on the institutional Venezuelan financial system.

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