Brazil Is Not Making Bitcoin Legal Tender: A Look Inside The Bill
Brazil is not following El Salvador's example; here's a breakdown of the country's cryptocurrency bill.Brazil is not making bitcoin a legal tender.The Brazilian "virtual asset" bill seeks to define virtual assets and virtual asset services providers and increase investor protection by increasing regulation.The Central Bank of Brazil is more focused on developing its CBDC, the digital Real.In the past couple of weeks, the approval of Bitcoin legislation in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies' Special Committee prompted many in the Bitcoin space to think that the country would follow El Salvador....
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If Bitcoin becomes legal tender in a massive country like Brazil, it would be monumental. However, is that plan really on the table? Here are the facts: 1.- A bill to regulate cryptocurrencies was discussed and approved in Brazil’s House of Representatives, but it still has a long way to go before it becomes law. 2.- The bill’s author, deputy Aureo Ribeiro, said in a recent interview that he wants cryptocurrencies to be legal tender in the country. Related Reading | Ether EFT Gets Approval From Brazilian Securities Regulator The question is, are the two facts connected? That’s....
The bill to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador has been approved by a supermajority in the Salvadoran Congress. “The purpose of this law is to regulate bitcoin as unrestricted legal tender with liberating power, unlimited in any transaction, and to any title that public or private natural or legal persons require carrying out,” the bill describes. Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Approved by Congress in El Salvador The bill to make bitcoin legal tender has passed Congress in El Salvador. President Nayib Bukele announced via Twitter early Wednesday morning: “The....
El Salvador is set to become the first nation to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. In an announcement at the Bitcoin 2021 conference earlier today, El Saldavor’s President Nayib Bukele said that the bill to legitimize the major cryptocurrency as legal tender was well under way. “Next week I will send to congress a bill […]
Who’s one step closer to regulating cryptocurrency use? Brazil is. The Senate Committee, more specifically The Committee on Economic Affairs, settled on a bill. Its aim is to regulate crypto transactions in Brazil. For the bill to become law, it has to be approved in the Senate plenary and then by the Chamber of Deputies. If it goes through those two hoops, the law goes into effect 180 days after publication. Related Reading | Stablecoin Supply Near $200 Billion, Faster Growth Than Rest of Crypto Even though regulation still seems far away, it’s good to remember that the bill started....
In a ruling that is “almost identical to the El Salvador bill,” Tongan bigwig Lord Fusitu’a anticipates that his country could adopt Bitcoin by November. Another domino is lined up to fall down the route to Bitcoinization. On Wednesday, the Pacific island nation of Tonga shared a play-by-play approach to adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. In a series of tweets, Lord Fusitu’a, a former member of parliament for Tonga, released an ETA for Bitcoin becoming legal tender in Tonga. Copying El Salvador’s playbook, the move could onboard more than 100,000 Tongans onto the Bitcoin network.In....