The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardopaes, said he plans to allocate 1% of the city's treasury reserves to bitcoin. Tanzeel_Akhtar reports for CoinDeskBrasil
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro said Thursday he plans to allocate 1% of Brazil's second-most populous city's treasury reserves to bitcoin, according to a Globo"We are going to launch Crypto Rio and invest 1% of the treasury in cryptocurrency," Eduardo Paes said at the Rio Innovation Week.
According to Pedro Paulo, Rio de Janeiro's finance secretary, the city plans to apply discounts to tax payments made with bitcoin."You take the single quota discount of 7%, it would make 10% if you pay in bitcoin," Paulo said, adding that the administration needs to study the legal framework. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez also spoke at the event, and discussed the challenges in transforming cities into technological hubs. In February,Miami Mayor Suarez to Take Next Paycheck in BitcoinThe leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a
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