Cryptocurrencies

Miami Bitcoin Gathering Was a Covid Hot Spot, Attendees Say

Attendees arrive for the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami on June 4. 

Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
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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 U.S. 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.