In the style of Wall Street, Miami inaugurated a statue of a bull

1,360 kilos of weight and laser eyes. It's not just any bull. It is a futuristic bull reminiscent of that old bull in the financial area of New York, a past relative might be said. Miami is doing everything to become the future of finance, and the futuristic bull installed yesterday is the graphic representation of this movement.

“The Miami Bull is the physical representation of our city's commitment to boosting our position in the global finance market. Notably, we are doing so with the promotion and adoption of cryptocurrencies,” explained the mayor of the city of Miami, Francis Suarez, during the opening ceremony of the city's new sculpture.

We must understand the context in which this bull arrived in the city of the sun. April was proclaimed as technology month in Miami because during these 30 days the main characters of this industry pass through the city (many live in it) to participate in some of the most important events in the market. April began with the conference of NFTs (non-fungible tokens, a market that intertwines art with finance and technology), but is crowned with the great Bitcoin Conference, from April 6 to 9.

This conference is the leading cryptocurrency conference in the world and used to take place in Los Angeles, California. But given Suarez's support for the crypto world, and the so-called “Miami Movement” (referring to the large number of technology companies that opened in the city of Miami or moved to the city of Miami during the pandemic), the organizers decided last year to move it to South Florida. The Bitcoin conference in 2021 was the largest in its history so far, with more than 50,000 attendees, and it is expected that this 2022 conference will exceed that of last year.

In this context, the bull arrives with laser eyes, a fact no less. Laser eyes represent cryptocurrencies. Miami is determined to become the crypto capital of the world.

“We are here to present the Bitcoin agenda for 2024, which is for us to choose politicians who understand and support this movement, integrate Bitcoin into daily aspects of our society, and unveil the democratizing power of Bitcoin,” Suarez said with applause during the conference's opening speech.

The bull was donated to the city by TradeStation, a Miami-based financial company. The design was carried out by SMALL, a renowned advertising agency in New York, together with the well-known design studios Tedeschi and Onix Forge. Although the sculpture was revealed in front of the Miami Beach Convention Center, because the Bitcoin Conference is taking place there, the final destination of the bull will be the central campus of Miami Dade College, in downtown Miami.

Instead of being made of bronze, like the one in New York, this bull was built with resins and fiberglass, which cover an inner steel armor. Throughout the sculpture you can see blue lights, but the ones that attract the most attention are those of the eyes, which give the idea of laser eyes.

Cryptocurrency followers, skeptics and tourists who have no idea what electronic currencies are all about, all equally now have a new iconic spot to photograph themselves in the city of Miami.

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