Standing 11 feet tall and glistening in the southern sun, “The Miami Bull” statue has been called both “a crime against god” and “pretty cool.” The robotic reimagining of the Wall Street landmark is 3,000 pounds, made of chrome and fiberglass and sports blue laser eyes.
Almost immediately after it was unveiled outside the Miami Beach Convention Center on Monday, kicking off the first day of the global Bitcoin 2022 conference, observers noted the robotic totem with hooves and horns lacked that one crucial anatomical detail.
“I’d designed some huge, mechanical balls,” Tedeschi, who has done art design for the “Transformers” film series, from which his latest work draws inspiration, told Forbes.
Suarez, who spoke at the bull’s unveiling, is working to turn Miami into a hub of modern finance – the “capital of capital,” he often says.
Asked just that, Suarez disclaimed credit.
Miami’s bull is not the first to challenge Wall Street.
For all crypto’s faults, including being captured by the industry it looks to supplant, it offers an alternative to traditional finance.
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