The Miami Bull

The Miami Bull is a sculpture commissioned by the South-Florida based financial brokerage TradeStation. The 3,000 pound 11-foot-tall futuristic statue is a symbol of finance like Wall Street’s iconic Charging Bull and Shanghai’s Bund Bull. The bull is currently stationed at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida. The Miami Bull was first unveiled to the public on April 5, 2022, during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida.
Designing the Miami Bull
Artists behind the bull
The concept for the Miami Bull was thought of by New York-based advertising agency SMALL, and brand strategists from New York-based marketing agency Octonano, while the design of the bull was created by award-winning conceptual artist Furio Tedeschi and built by Onyx Forge Studio. The design and execution of the bull took more than six months to create. The statue was created using 3D models, 3D printing, and fiberglass casting.
Background
The Charging Bull of Wall Street
The Charging Bull, also known as the Bull of Wall Street, is a bronze sculpture in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, which many say represents the bullish stock market and the aggressive financial prosperity of America. Current Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he wanted to make Miami the new “capital of crypto.” The Miami Bull represents a new symbol of finance.
In 2021, TradeStation began sponsoring the concept and building of the sculpture. “One of the things we were missing was an anchor, something for the entire community to rally around,” said John Bartleman, the president and CEO of TradeStation Group, referring to the Miami Bull statue.
Controversary
“The bull has no balls”
Unlike the Charging Bull of Wall Street, which is frequently visited by tourists who take photos posing with the bull and its large bronze parts, TradeStation omitted this from the final design. According to Marco Carrucciu, Vice President of Marketing at TradeStation, the decision was intended to support the idea that, “Prosperity and wealth shouldn’t have any gender.” After the unveiling of the structure at the Bitcoin 2022 conference, responses from media outlets and individuals on social media were mixed regarding the specific design decision.

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