Vancouver adopted a policy that could lead to it using Bitcoin in city finances — prompted in part by the return of US President-elect Donald Trump.
December 11, 2024 at 6:38PM EST --
“I wanted to do it for a while,” Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said in a phone interview Tuesday, prior to the council vote. “I didn’t think the public was ready to have the conversation.”
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