In the United States, they already accept tax payments with bitcoin | Internationale

The state of Ohio became the first US government to accept payments in bitcoins on Monday, A cryptocurrency created on the Internet that uses a universal currency exchange system and that until now has not been supported by a government or financial entity.

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The approval of this currency as a new form of payment valid in Ohio comes just a week after the price of bitcoin fell 16% to its minimum this year 2018, a period in which it has reduced its value of 65%.

However, different Ohio companies will now be able to pay their taxes – from the tobacco sales tax to the taxation of their employees – in this cryptocurrency with the only obligation to register on the portal "OhioCrypto.com", according to media reports. local

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The idea of ​​accepting digital currency to pay public taxes came from state treasurer, Josh Mandel, who viewed it as a "positive system for the taxpayer" and a "opportunity" for Ohio to abandon the adoption of these new terms of economic exchange. . "I see bitcoin as a legitimate currency," Mandel said in statements collected by The Wall Street Journal.

This cryptocurrency, the most used in purely digital payment systems, does not have a central bank or administrator and is based on a universal exchange protocol called "blockchain" or "blockchain", which functions as a book and public book. whose security lies in the fact that information is shared among all its users and is difficult to forge.

Although at the beginning, it aroused high expectations and its value is rising, several US government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, have advised against investing in this currency for "fraud risks" and a "speculative" character.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) also alerted in 2013 to the lack of regulation and price volatility of bitcoin.

Although the Ohio movement does not give bitcoin legal status, it is a precedent in approving crypto-currencies as an official payment system. This state will use a system to convert bitcoins into dollars once they reach their treasure, despite its commitment to validating a currency that is not distributed by the US government.

Currently, a bitcoin equals $ 3,730, while at the same time a year ago, its unit price was $ 9,401.