底特律人明年将能够使用 PayPal 以加密货币纳税

底特律还要求加密货币企业家向该市创业和经济机会总监提出基于区块链的“公民应用”的想法

Detroiters will be able to pay their taxes and other city fees with crypto through PayPal next year, according to a Thursday announcement from Detroit’s Office of the Treasury.

根据底特律财政部周四发布的公告，底特律人明年将能够通过 PayPal 使用加密货币支付税款和其他城市费用。

The crypto payment option, which will be offered through a "secure payment platform managed by PayPal," according to the release, is expected to go live in mid-2025. A spokesperson for the city did not immediately respond to questions about which cryptocurrencies Detroit plans to accept, but PayPal only supports a small handful of tokens — bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, litecoin, and PayPal’s own stablecoin, PayPal USD.

据新闻稿称，加密支付选项将通过“PayPal 管理的安全支付平台”提供，预计将于 2025 年中期上线。该市发言人没有立即回应有关底特律计划接受哪些加密货币的问题，但 PayPal 仅支持少数代币——比特币、以太币、比特币现金、莱特币和 PayPal 自己的稳定币 PayPal USD。

Once Detroit officially begins accepting crypto payments, it will be the largest U.S. city to do so. Two other cities — Miami Lakes, Florida and Williston, South Dakota — already accept crypto payments for some city fees, utility payments, or taxes, as well as three states — Colorado, Utah and Louisiana. Each has partnered with a third party payment processor like PayPal or BitPay that converts crypto payments into U.S. dollars.

一旦底特律正式开始接受加密货币支付，它将成为美国最大的这样做的城市。另外两个城市——佛罗里达州的迈阿密湖和南达科他州的威利斯顿——以及三个州——科罗拉多州、犹他州和路易斯安那州，已经接受了一些城市费用、公用事业付款或税收的加密支付。每个公司都与 PayPal 或 BitPay 等第三方支付处理商合作，将加密货币支付转换为美元。

According to the city’s announcement, Detroit’s decision to allow crypto payments comes as part of a larger push to embrace new technologies to foster economic growth and encourage blockchain and technology companies to move to Detroit.

根据该市的公告，底特律决定允许加密货币支付，这是大力推动采用新技术以促进经济增长并鼓励区块链和科技公司迁往底特律的一部分。

"Detroit is building a technology-friendly environment that empowers residents and entrepreneurs," said Mayor Mike Duggan in a press statement. "We are excited to be one of the first major U.S. cities to explore blockchains civic applications and allow residents to use their cryptocurrency as a payment option."

市长迈克·杜根在一份新闻声明中表示：“底特律正在建设一个技术友好型环境，为居民和企业家提供支持。” “我们很高兴成为美国首批探索区块链公民应用并允许居民使用加密货币作为支付选项的主要城市之一。”

In addition to announcing the new crypto payment option, Detroit is requesting crypto entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for blockchain "civic applications" with a focus on "enhancing transparency, improving data security and streamlining public services" to the city’s first Director of Entrepreneurship and Economic Opportunity Justin Onwenu.

除了宣布新的加密支付选项外，底特律还要求加密企业家向该市首任创业和经济总监提出他们对区块链“公民应用”的想法，重点是“增强透明度、改善数据安全和简化公共服务”机会贾斯汀·翁韦努。