Mayor Eric Adams said New York City is evaluating blockchain to secure and manage vital records, such as birth and death certificates, and is exploring cryptocurrency payments for taxes and other city services

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We’re also looking at the power of blockchain and how it can be used to manage sensitive information, like our vital records,” said Adams.

We are exploring whether certain city services, the city taxes, could be paid via cryptocurrency,” he added.

Bringing blockchain security capabilities to the city means that birth certificates and death records could remain private, but accessible to New Yorkers and their next of kins,” he told a group of financiers, crypto developers, and reporters assembled at the mayor’s official residence Tuesday.