{"id":2320,"date":"2024-11-08T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2024-11-08T03:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T03:00:17","slug":"detroit-becomes-first-major-us-city-to-accept-taxes-and-fees-in-crypto-mayor-says-fostering-a-technology-friendly-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Becomes First Major US City To Accept Taxes And Fees In Crypto; Mayor Says, &#8216;Fostering a Technology-Friendly Environment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Detroit is set to become the first major U.S. city to accept cryptocurrency for taxes and other city fees, top officials from the city said in a Thursday press release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: Residents would have the option to use cryptocurrencies to pay for utilities through a secure platform managed by <strong>PayPal<\/strong>. This initiative was part of a broader strategy to tap blockchain technology to enhance public services and boost civic engagement in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetroit is fostering a technology-friendly environment that empowers residents and entrepreneurs,\u201d said Detroit Mayor <strong>Mike Duggan<\/strong>. \u201cWe are thrilled to be among the first major U.S. cities to explore blockchain\u2019s civic applications and offer residents the option to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41832783\/detroit-becomes-first-major-us-city-to-accept-taxes-and-fees-in-crypto-mayor-says-fosterin\" alt=\"Detroit\" becomes first major us city to accept taxes and fees in crypto mayor says a technology-friendly environment>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit is set to become the first major U.S. city to accept cryptocurrency for taxes and other city fees, top officials from the city said in a Thursday press release. What Happened: Residents would have the option to use cryptocurrencies to pay for utilities through a secure platform managed by PayPal. This initiative was part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-2320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}