New York Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Says He Will Take His First Paychecks in Bitcoin

Newly elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced he would take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin.

The event is retained as a recognizable cultural marker of the period. Its value is in reconstructing how Bitcoin and the wider digital-asset phenomenon were being discussed and experienced in 2021, without implying a protocol or legal effect that the event did not have.