State senator pushes bill to make Bitcoin legal tender in Arizona
The state senator also introduced a similar bill that aims to make Bitcoin legal tender in 2022 but did not find any success. Wendy Rogers, a state senator in Arizona, United States, has launched bills concerning cryptocurrency, including one that aims to make Bitcoin (BTC) a legal tender in Arizona. In a recent tweet, Rogers cited data from investment firm Goldman Sachs that BTC is the best-performing asset in the world and announced that she launched a set of crypto bills. “Breaking: #Bitcoin is the best performing asset in the world this year according to data from Goldman Sachs.” Launched my #Crypto bills today, as well as Photo Radar Prohibition, which included nearly all my Republican senator colleagues as cosponsors @JeffWeninger @JDMesnard pic.twitter.com/ueUeFSEybo — Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) January 25, 2023 One of the proposed bills focuses on making BTC a legal tender in the state. If passed into law, BTC will have the same status as the USD, becoming an acc...