Francis Suarez, who has served as the mayor of Miami since 2017, wants to make the metropolis the most attractive in the United States for those in the crypto and blockchain industry.

In an interview with Forbes published Sunday, Suarez said lawmakers in Miami were looking into the policies of crypto-friendly areas like Wyoming and New York in an effort to promote regulatory incentives for crypto and blockchain in Florida.

"[Miami is] making sure that we have the well-nigh progressive crypto laws," said Suarez. "We desire to make sure that we believe that if all things are equal, we win. So, we just want to equalize the playing field. Nosotros desire to make sure that nobody has an advantage over u.s.a. based on laws that are easily changeable."

Mayor Suarez did not draw the race to exist the regulatory winner as a fight between lawmakers in other jurisdictions. Rather, he gave Wyoming "kudos for being smart" in attracting crypto firms, but added that "every city in America and in the world should exist trying to grow its engineering science ecosystem."

"We're working on making certain that our incentives are in identify and that our legislation promotes crypto and blockchain and is forrard-thinking."

The mayor has already made several bullish statements on Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in contempo weeks, including having Miami consider letting city employees to become paid in BTC rather than U.S. dollars. He as well proposed allowing Miami residents to pay for local fees and taxes using crypto as well as investing some of the metropolis's treasury into Bitcoin, a task he chosen "the hardest" of the three ideas.

He has already spoken with a few loftier-contour figures in the crypto customs including a coming together with Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Before this month, Tyler said that the mayor is "leading the way for governments and Bitcoin."

Mayor Suarez did not provide a timeline as to when these actions may accept outcome for Miami's 450,000 residents, but some in the crypto community have seemingly taken notice. Terminal calendar week, Bitcoin 2021 appear it would be moving from Los Angeles to Miami for its June crypto conference.