In yet one more milestone for Bitcoin adoption in Latin America, the Panama Metropolis Council has voted to approve the acceptance of Bitcoin and different digital currencies for municipal providers, making it the primary public establishment within the nation to take action.
The information was introduced by Panama Metropolis Mayor Mayer Mizrachi on X (previously Twitter), who stated:
“Panama Metropolis council has simply voted in favor of turning into the primary public establishment of presidency to just accept funds in Crypto. Residents will now be capable of pay taxes, charges, tickets and permits solely in crypto beginning with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT.”
This resolution units Panama Metropolis on a extra progressive path, enabling residents to work together with their native authorities utilizing Bitcoin for on a regular basis transactions. Mizrachi additionally explained how this was achieved with out the necessity for brand new laws, a hurdle that had stalled earlier efforts.
“Prior administrations tried to push a invoice within the senate to make this potential, however we discovered a easy strategy to do it with out new laws. Legally, public establishments should obtain funds in $, so we associate with a financial institution who will deal with the transaction—receiving in crypto and convert on spot to $. This permits for the free circulate of crypto in the complete economic system and whole authorities.”
The Panama Metropolis Mayor’s Workplace additional confirmed the information on its official social media channels, saying:
“We are going to quickly turn into the primary public establishment within the nation to permit fee for municipal providers in cryptocurrency, by way of a licensed financial institution that will likely be chargeable for changing the proceeds into {dollars} for the Mayor’s Workplace.”
Mayor Mizrachi additionally revealed that the settlement with the banking associate will likely be finalized next week:
“Deal’s being signed subsequent week on the Blockchain conf in Panama. Look out for signing of the deal subsequent week.”
