Crypto Billionaire Wants NYC Mayor Adams to Stay in the Race

Cryptocurrency billionaire Brock Pierce, who donated more than $1 million to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s reelection through a super-PAC, is arguing that the embattled politician should stay in the race.

At a Manhattan press conference Tuesday, Pierce called for Adams to change his mind after having ended his campaign over the weekend. Pierce, who co-founded cryptocurrency firm Tether, said he believes in Adams’ vision for New York and that the mayor was unfairly cast as corrupt.

“He is the apple of my eye,” Pierce said in a sometimes-emotional speech at Fraunces Tavern, a location he chose ...