巴拿马城将接受比特币，以太坊和两个签署税收

巴拿马巴拿马市市长梅耶·米兹拉奇（Mayer Mizrachi）今天宣布，市政府将接受加密货币的付款。它将接受比特币

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.

巴拿马城市长梅耶·米兹拉奇（Mayer Mizrachi）今天宣布，市政府将接受加密货币的付款。它将接受比特币，以太坊和两个稳定的税收，以征收税收，许可，费用等。

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澄清说，市政府只有在美元中接受这些资金的法律要求。它将将加密货币交换为现金与合作银行，对潜在的加密货币构成严重限制。

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.

在过去的几个月中，Pro-Crypto监管的潮流席卷了世界许多司法管辖区。这显然包括在联邦和州一级的美国，但许多其他国家正在升级。

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

举个例子，巴拿马首都市长刚刚宣布，市政政府将接受加密货币的付款。

“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.

巴拿马市市长Mayer Mizrachi称：“巴拿马市议会刚刚投票赞成成为第一个接受加密货币付款的政府公共机构。现在，公民将能够从BTC，ETH，USDC，USDT开始全部缴纳税款，费用，门票和许可。”

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继续解释了以前的一些努力，以接受巴拿马的加密付款。四年前，一项立法计划试图在全国各地启用加密货币。它有一些牵引力，但最终在2022年停滞不前。

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，最高法院裁定该法案“无法执行”。从那时起，似乎没有其他认真的努力取得了进步。

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.

巴拿马城的市政政府正在规避立法机关接受加密货币付款，但该策略有很大的缺点。 Mizrachi解释说，公共机构必须以美元收到资金，他无法规避这一要求。

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.

换句话说，任何加密货币付款实际上都将用于合作银行。银行实际上将托管（或处置）这些资产，而该市仅持有美元。 Mizrachi的努力避免了有争议的立法斗争，但其实际影响可能受到严重限制。

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.

尽管巴拿马拥有自己的货币Balboa，但美元以几种不同的方式拥有更多的合法地位。这是法定招标；公共机构必须接受它，而巴尔博亚实际上还是固定在美元上。

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.

这与使El Salvador接受比特币作为货币的情况非常相似，因为它也必须将美元用作其唯一货币。

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解释说，这种短暂的解决方法将通过巴拿马的经济增加“加密自由流”，但可能并不那么简单。根据市政府与合作银行之间的协议，它可以将其加密货币投入国际市场。

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

如果巴拿马想真正采用加密货币，则可能需要将更多的可持续措施纳入当地经济。