25/03/2022
In a move that would spur the acceptance and usage of cryptocurrency globally, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has been in office since 2019, mentioned collaborating with state agencies to "figure out" the logistics of businesses that would be paying their taxes in cryptocurrency. He confirmed that the state is planning to receive tax payments in crypto from operating businesses.
“I’ve told the state agencies to figure out ways where if a business wants to pay tax in cryptocurrency to Florida, we should be willing to accept that. We will accept Bitcoin, we’re working on doing that, for payments in the state of Florida,” said the governor.
This is not the first time that approving Bitcoin for tax payments in the state has been talked about by Ron DeSantis. He spoke extensively about steering Florida towards becoming “crypto-friendly” as of last year December.
Aside from a couple of cities in the United States, Singapore, South Korea, Dubai and other countries and cities alike are gradually becoming more open to crypto and Web3 with regulations in an effort to establish the locations as centers for innovation, growth, and development of Web3.