Cryptocurrency billionaire Brock Pierce, a longtime supporter and friend of Mayor Adams, is declining an offer to be returned a $1.1 million donation he made to a pro-Adams super PAC last week — because he wants the incumbent to reverse his decision to drop out of November’s election.

Pierce hopes his donation, made to the EmpowerNYC PAC days before Adams’ campaign suspension, can become the starting point for an effort to convince Adams to re-launch his reelection bid and get back in the race, he said an interview with the Daily News late Monday.

“He can’t come off the ballot. I want New York City to draft him back. We need him,” Pierce said, a reference to a deadline that has passed for Adams to get his name off the Nov. 4 ballot .

“It’s Adams’ Apple, not some rotten apple.”

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