Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes letting business pay state fees with cryptocurrencies
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed letting businesses pay state fees with cryptocurrencies.
The Republican governor announced the idea in his 2022-23 budget proposal released Thursday. In his «Freedom First Budget,» DeSantis suggested providing $200,000 to the state's financial services department in order to give them the ability to accept state fees from Florida corporations in cryptocurrency.
He also proposed allocating another $500,000 to exploring the use of blockchain technology to maintain and provide motor vehicle titles and to authenticate Medicaid transactions and identify potential fraud. According to a report from Fortune, DeSantis said he's hoping to make the state government
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