In 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 acknowledged:
“Panama Metropolis council has simply voted in favor of turning into the primary public establishment of presidency to simply accept funds in Crypto. Residents will now have the ability to pay taxes, charges, tickets and permits solely in crypto beginning with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT.”
This determination 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 defined how this was achieved with out the necessity for brand spanking new laws, a hurdle that had stalled earlier efforts.
“Prior administrations tried to push a invoice within the senate to make this doable, however we discovered a easy technique to do it with out new laws. Legally, public establishments should obtain funds in $, so we associate with a financial institution who will maintain the transaction—receiving in crypto and convert on spot to $. This enables for the free move of crypto in the whole economic system and whole authorities.”
The Panama Metropolis Mayor’s Workplace additional confirmed the information on its official social media channels, saying:
“We’ll quickly turn into the primary public establishment within the nation to permit cost for municipal providers in cryptocurrency, by means of a certified financial institution that might be accountable for changing the proceeds into {dollars} for the Mayor’s Workplace.”