Eric Adams: “First mayor in the history of this country that took his…”

“And you are the pioneers for that, and you deserve to give yourselves a hand for that. We embrace technology in this administration. We don't run away from it. First mayor in the history of this country that took his first three paychecks in bitcoin. And I remember, I remember when we did it, they all laughed at me. Reporters mocked me. They all said, what is he talking about? And.” (02:19–02:28)

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