- Written by: Brady Tinnin
- Fri, 28 Jan 2022
- Russian Federation
An Arizona state senator just called for Bitcoin to become legal tender. Covered: Arizona Wants Bitcoin As Legal Tender Following El Salvador’s Footsteps RECOMMENDED: NOW ARKANSAS WANTS TO BE THE NEXT BITCOIN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Arizona Wants Bitcoin As Legal Tender ??BREAKING: Arizona has introduced legislation to make #Bitcoin legal tender! ?? — Bitcoin […] The post BREAKING: State Senator Introduces Bill To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender appeared first on CryptosRus.
BREAKING: State Senator Introduces Bill To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
An Arizona state senator just called for Bitcoin to become legal tender.
Covered:
- Arizona Wants Bitcoin As Legal Tender
- Following El Salvador’s Footsteps
RECOMMENDED: NOW ARKANSAS WANTS TO BE THE NEXT BITCOIN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Arizona Wants Bitcoin As Legal Tender
??BREAKING: Arizona has introduced legislation to make #Bitcoin legal tender! ??
— Bitcoin Archive ?????? (@BTC_Archive) January 28, 2022
Wendy Rogers, a state senator representing Arizona, proposed a bill that would make Bitcoin legal tender in the state. This is major news, not only because it confirms that more and more people want to use Bitcoin, but this statement from Arizona could trigger a ripple effect throughout the country to adopt the digital asset, similar to what we have seen among various mayors.
The specific bill can be viewed here.
It appears that a bill has been put forward in Arizona to make #bitcoin legal tender within the state. https://t.co/tdYS7TVagP (h/t @crmykins) pic.twitter.com/v1CDZ3zI5M
— Pomp ?? (@APompliano) January 28, 2022
You may not recall, but back in 2020, Arizona already began an initiative to make “cryptocurrency” legal tender, however, the proposal never made it to the ballot.
Now, however, with the momentum we’ve seen behind Bitcoin and crypto over the past two years, voters may have a better chance at successfully pushing this issue onto the ballot.
Following El Salvador’s Footsteps
— naiive (@naiiveclub) January 25, 2022
When El Salvador made the bold decision to go against the grain of traditional finance and adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in the nation, regulators were not too happy with the decision; the International Monetary Fund directly urged the country to cut it out.
https://t.co/QhWujhQBFe pic.twitter.com/aUV6cx2qrn
— Jack Mallers (@jackmallers) January 26, 2022
Of course, El Salvador president Nayib Bukele had no interest in listening, and is choosing to control his country’s money how he sees fit. Other countries in similarly dire economic straits are also seeing the Bitcoin light shine. Bukele recently had a meeting with Turkey a couple of weeks ago, to which the president of the nation responded:
NEW: Turkey President reportedly instructed the ruling party to explore “cryptocurrencies” ???? pic.twitter.com/9SHGuUNC03
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) January 26, 2022
Regulators and economic kingpins like the IMF will have to come to the painful realization that open-source technology cannot be ignored and cannot be stopped. El Salvador, Turkey, and other countries with staggering inflation or other economic concerns are demonstrating why hard money is so important and why people want this technology. With Arizona’s most recent bill, the economic snowball that is Bitcoin could start cascading even quicker throughout the US.
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