巴拿馬城將接受比特幣，以太坊和兩個簽署稅收

巴拿馬巴拿馬市市長梅耶·米茲拉奇（Mayer Mizrachi）今天宣布，市政府將接受加密貨幣的付款。它將接受比特幣

The mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, announced today that the city government will accept payments in crypto. It will accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and two stablecoins for taxes, permits, fees, etc.

巴拿馬城市長梅耶·米茲拉奇（Mayer Mizrachi）今天宣布，市政府將接受加密貨幣的付款。它將接受比特幣，以太坊和兩個穩定的稅收，以徵收稅收，許可，費用等。

However, Mizrachi clarified that the municipal government has a legal requirement to accept these funds only in USD. It will exchange cryptoassets for cash with a partnered bank, presenting a severe limit to potential crypto adoption.

但是，Mizrachi澄清說，市政府只有在美元中接受這些資金的法律要求。它將將加密貨幣交換為現金與合作銀行，對潛在的加密貨幣構成嚴重限制。

In the last few months, a tide of pro-crypto regulation has swept over many of the world’s jurisdictions. This obviously includes the United States at the federal and state levels, but many other countries are rising to the occasion.

在過去的幾個月中，Pro-Crypto監管的潮流席捲了世界許多司法管轄區。這顯然包括在聯邦和州一級的美國，但許多其他國家正在升級。

Case in point, the mayor of Panama’s capital city just announced that the municipal government will accept payments in crypto.

舉個例子，巴拿馬首都市長剛剛宣布，市政政府將接受加密貨幣的付款。

“Panama City council has just voted in favor of becoming the first public institution of government to accept payments in crypto. Citizens will now be able to pay taxes, fees, tickets and permits entirely in crypto starting with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT,” claimed Mayer Mizrachi, the mayor of Panama City.

巴拿馬市市長Mayer Mizrachi稱：“巴拿馬市議會剛剛投票贊成成為第一個接受加密貨幣付款的政府公共機構。現在，公民將能夠從BTC，ETH，USDC，USDT開始全部繳納稅款，費用，門票和許可。”

Mizrachi went on to explain some previous efforts to accept crypto payments in Panama. Four years ago, a legislative initiative tried to enable crypto payments all over the country. It got some traction but eventually stalled out in 2022.

Mizrachi繼續解釋了以前的一些努力，以接受巴拿馬的加密付款。四年前，一項立法計劃試圖在全國各地啟用加密貨幣。它有一些牽引力，但最終在2022年停滯不前。

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled the bill “unenforceable.” Since then, it doesn’t seem like any other serious efforts have made progress.

2023年，最高法院裁定該法案“無法執行”。從那時起，似乎沒有其他認真的努力取得了進步。

Panama City’s municipal government is circumventing the legislature to accept crypto payments, but the strategy has significant drawbacks. Mizrachi explained that public institutions must receive funds in US dollars, and he couldn’t circumvent this requirement.

巴拿馬城的市政政府正在規避立法機關接受加密貨幣付款，但該策略有很大的缺點。 Mizrachi解釋說，公共機構必須以美元收到資金，他無法規避這一要求。

In other words, any crypto payments will actually go to a partnered bank. The bank will actually custody (or dispose of) these assets, while the city only holds USD. Mizrachi’s effort avoids a contentious legislative battle, but its actual impact might be severely limited.

換句話說，任何加密貨幣付款實際上都將用於合作銀行。銀行實際上將託管（或處置）這些資產，而該市僅持有美元。 Mizrachi的努力避免了有爭議的立法鬥爭，但其實際影響可能受到嚴重限制。

Although Panama has its own currency, the balboa, the US dollar has more legal standing in a few different ways. It’s a legal tender; public institutions have to accept it, and the balboa is actually pegged to the dollar anyway.

儘管巴拿馬擁有自己的貨幣Balboa，但美元以幾種不同的方式擁有更多的合法地位。這是法定招標；公共機構必須接受它，而巴爾博亞實際上還是固定在美元上。

This is a very similar situation to what made El Salvador accept Bitcoin as a currency, as it also had to use the US dollar as its sole currency.

這與使El Salvador接受比特幣作為貨幣的情況非常相似，因為它也必須將美元用作其唯一貨幣。

Mizrachi explained that this short workaround will increase “the free flow of crypto” through Panama’s economy, but it may not be that simple. Depending on the agreement between the city government and partnered banks, it could just dump its cryptoassets on the international market.

Mizrachi解釋說，這種短暫的解決方法將通過巴拿馬的經濟增加“加密自由流”，但可能並不那麼簡單。根據市政府與合作銀行之間的協議，它可以將其加密貨幣投入國際市場。

If Panama wants to actually adopt cryptocurrency, it may need more sustainable measures integrated to the local economy.

如果巴拿馬想真正採用加密貨幣，則可能需要將更多的可持續措施納入當地經濟。