THELOGICALINDIAN - A burghal in the US accompaniment of North Dakota has amorphous accepting cryptocurrencies for account bill payments The citys accounts administrator says We are the aboriginal city in the accompaniment of North Dakota and the third in the nation to action this service
City Government Accepts Crypto Payments
The burghal of Williston in the U.S. accompaniment of North Dakota appear Thursday that “it now accepts agenda cryptocurrency payments for account bills.”
The city’s accounts director, Hercules Cummings, explained that Williston has partnered with Bitpay to acquire cryptocurrencies, elaborating:
The advertisement clarifies: “Currently, account bill payments are the alone bills acceptable to be paid with cryptocurrency. Quality assessments will be conducted, and volumes evaluated, afore brief added bills such as landfill, permits, and licenses.”
Bitpay currently supports payments fabricated in “bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin banknote (BCH), ethereum (ETH), captivated bitcoin (WBTC), dogecoin (DOGE), and 5 USD-pegged stablecoins (GUSD, USDC, PAX, DAI, and BUSD),” the company’s website details. These cryptocurrencies are accustomed by the burghal alongside acceptable acquittal methods, including cash, checks, acclaim cards, and automated acquittal affairs (ACH).
Furthermore, Williston city’s advertisement adds:
Recently, two added cities in the U.S. accept been alive on some bitcoin initiatives. The burghal of Miami, Florida, has anesthetized a resolution that would acquiesce advisers to get paid in bitcoin, association to pay for fees in bitcoin, and for the burghal to accept BTC on its antithesis sheet. Meanwhile, the burghal of Jackson, Tennessee, is exploring amount conversions for advisers in BTC as able-bodied as bitcoin mining to add to its antithesis sheet.
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