{"id":100803,"date":"2026-01-15T03:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100803\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:27:15","slug":"former-mayor-eric-adams-blasts-unsupported-reports-of-nyc-token-cryptocurrency-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100803\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Eric Adams blasts \u2018unsupported\u2019 reports of NYC Token cryptocurrency scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Out of office just two weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=eric+adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">former Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> is making headlines again \u2014 this time, responding with outrage to reports alleging that he moved money out of NYC Token, a cryptocurrency he launched this week.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, a known crypto enthusiast, launched the currency on Monday, purportedly to support funding social causes such as the fight against antisemitism. According to reports, it immediately surged to around $580 million before dropping in value.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/eric-adams-blasts-reports-of-nyc-token-scam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tFormer Mayor Eric Adams blasts \u2018unsupported\u2019 reports of NYC Token cryptocurrency scheme &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Out of office just two weeks, former Mayor Eric Adams is making headlines again \u2014 this time,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10525,81,9,12,56,63,65,64,45269],"class_list":{"0":"post-100803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-cryptocurrency","9":"tag-eric-adams","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-nyc-token"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}