Miami Bitcoin gathering was a covid hot spot, attendees say

The recent Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, which sold at least 12,000 tickets, was a Covid-19 hotspot, claimed some attendees. — AFP

Cryptocurrency podcaster Luke Martin said he caught Covid-19 during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami last week, one of the biggest events to take place in the US since the pandemic began.

Larry Cermak, research director at the Block, a cryptocurrency news and information website, said he hadn’t gotten it, but "everyone” whom he hung out with during the three days of conferencing and partying did.