{"id":17503,"date":"2022-01-29T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=17503"},"modified":"2022-01-29T06:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:57:15","slug":"a-new-bill-intends-to-make-bitcoin-a-legal-tender-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/a-new-bill-intends-to-make-bitcoin-a-legal-tender-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"A New bill intends to make Bitcoin a legal tender in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"state-senator-wendy-rogers-has-introduced-a-new-bill-which-suggests-bitcoin-be-made-a-legal-tender-in-arizona-nothwithstanding-the-fact-that-the-u-s-constitution-does-not-grant-states-autonomy-to-a-legal-tender\">State senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a new bill which suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/tonga-on-a-path-to-making-bitcoin-legal-tender.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16521\">Bitcoin be made a legal tender<\/a> in Arizona, nothwithstanding the fact that the U.S. constitution does not grant states autonomy to a legal tender.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318.png\" alt=\"A New bill intends to make Bitcoin a legal tender in Arizona\" class=\"wp-image-17504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318.png 1021w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318-750x437.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the rare event that the legislation succeeds and the law takes effect, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=A+New+bill+intends+to+make+Bitcoin+a+legal+tender+in+Arizona&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=A+New+bill+intends+to+make+Bitcoin+a+legal+tender+in+Arizona&aqs=chrome..69i57.4608j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=A+New+bill+intends+to+make+Bitcoin+a+legal+tender+in+Arizona&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=A+New+bill+intends+to+make+Bitcoin+a+legal+tender+in+Arizona&aqs=chrome..69i57.4608j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure presented in Arizona<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> would make bitcoin legal cash in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SB 1341 was introduced by Republican state senator Wendy Rogers. It aims to add bitcoin to the list of recognised legal tender, implying that the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/five-star-bank-partners-with-nydig-for-crypto.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17450\">cryptocurrency<\/a> will be accepted for the payment of debts, public charges, taxes, and other obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that the United States Constitution prohibits individual states from creating their own<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/imf-calls-on-el-salvador-to-discontinue-bitcoins-legal-tender-status.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17247\"> legal cash<\/a>, it's unclear whether such a law could be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican can sign the plan into law, it must pass the Arizona state senate and house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers, who was elected in early 2021, is a divisive character with ties to the anti-government Oath Keepers and respect for the conspiracy theory group QAnon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don Huffines, a Republican real estate developer and current governor candidate in<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/commercial-law-in-texas-now-recognizes-cryptocurrencies.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9193\"> Texas<\/a>, recently stated that if elected, he will make bitcoin legal tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/el-salvadors-chivo-wallet-continues-to-fail-and-users-are-looking-for-answers.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17473\">El Salvador <\/a>became the first government in the world to make bitcoin legal tender alongside the US dollar in September, and it is still the only country in the world to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a new bill which suggests Bitcoin be made a legal tender in Arizona, nothwithstanding the fact that the U.S. constitution does not grant states autonomy to a legal tender. In the rare event that the legislation succeeds and the law takes effect, a measure presented in Arizona would make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[6919,5371,5534],"class_list":["post-17503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-arizona","tag-bitcoin-2","tag-legal-tender-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-318.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}