Missouri mayor suggests giving residents up to $1K in Bitcoin

The mayor of Cool Valley, Missouri said he was exploring giving more than $1 million in Bitcoin (BTC) to the city’s 1,500 residents.  In a Thursday interview with St. Louis news outlet KSDK, Mayor Jayson Stewart said he wanted to see “every single household in my city receive some level of Bitcoin.” Stewart said the funds would likely come from some “very supportive donors” but did not rule out using money from the government’s pandemic relief response to launch the venture. The mayor did not specify how much Bitcoin the city would be able to distribute to each resident but suggested it could be any amount up to $1,000 — roughly $1.5 million — more than 30 BTC at the time of publication. However, he also hinted the funds could require Cool Valley residents to HODL for five years.