Local governments look to benefit off Bitcoin boom

Published April 11, 2021 4:00pm ET



The cryptocurrency boom has led some local governments eager to cash in on the speculative asset’s boom.

While Bitcoin has been around since 2009, the latest Q1 2021 report from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase posted $1.8 billion in revenue for the year so far, more than it brought for all of 2020.

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