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What are City Coins? Are city coins a good investment?

By Jerry McNeill
May 28, 2025
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City Coins describes itself as a way for citizens to generate cryptocurrency-based income for themselves and the city they live in. So what are City Coins and are city coins a good investment. If you are not sure about City Coins, read the article below.

What are City Coins?

Literally, cryptocurrencies are now the talk of the town. CityCoins is a non-profit, open-source protocol that creates a medium for users of its platform to earn Bitcoin for themselves by supporting their favorite cities. In fact, two major cities, Miami and New York, have launched their own CityCoins. These coins allow citizens to contribute to improving the lives of people in their own city or other cities through crypto funds and receive bitcoin rewards.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been working to make the city tax-free and transform it into an innovation hub for cryptocurrencies. The City Council has now partnered with CityCoins to launch MiamiCoins. The cryptocurrency will represent the people's stake in the Miami Municipal Corporation.

How do City Coins work?

For Mining

CityCoins are mined by forwarding STX (Stacks Token) to the CityCoins smart contract on the Stacks protocol. Winning miners can claim their rewarded CityCoins from their Stacks address at any time.

30% of the STX that miners forward to the Stacks protocol is sent directly to a wallet reserved for each city in the CityCoins ecosystem. The mayor of a city can at any time choose to accept retained wallets into the treasury for the city to use.

For Stacking

CityCoins earns for STX and BTC holders through a feature called Stacking on the Stacks protocol.

The remaining 70% of STX forwarded by miners to the Stacks protocol will be automatically distributed to CityCoins holders who temporarily lock their tokens. Stacking requires holders to lock up their CityCoins for a defined "reward period", each period lasting approximately two weeks.

Are city coins a good investment?

If you're looking for a virtual currency with good returns, CITY can be a poor, high-risk 1-year investment option.But your current investment may depreciate in the future.

We hope you to understnad what city coins are and whether City Coins are good investment or not. Miami and New York have become the first two cities to launch CityCoins.

Disclaimer: The information on this page may have been obtained from third parties and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of BitKan. This content is provided for general informational purposes only, without any representation or warranty of any kind, nor shall it be construed as financial or investment advice. BitKan shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any outcomes resulting from the use of this information. Investments in digital assets can be risky. Please carefully evaluate the risks of a product and your risk tolerance based on your own financial circumstances. Products mentioned in this article may not be available in your region.

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