Mexico evaluates the implementation of bitcoin payments

Mexican deputy Indira Kempis Martínez urged the legislative and executive branches of her country to hold a high-level discussion on Bitcoin and blockchain, where important figures and authorities participate, including the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

This was expressed by the representative of the Citizen Movement party during her participation in the Talent Land Digital 2021. The senator explained: “It is known that the evolution of the Internet is represented by cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, but we (in Mexico) have not even gone through that debate that must reach the Mexican legislature or the executive branch to know exactly what we can do.”

Payment of services with crypto

For the senator, the adoption potential of Bitcoin and the blockchain would allow stimulating financial inclusion, in addition to reducing the social inequality that exists in Mexico, but it is essential that the State take on “new challenges.”

She urged Latin American governments to “include cryptocurrency companies in public policies and to promote legislation such as the Mexican Fintech Law,” since it is  the first country in Lanita America to have a law of this type.

Indira Kempis suggested that the Mexican authorities create and implement pilot programs to integrate cryptocurrencies in the payments of public services such as taxes, fines and payments to treasuries in the states of the country. She applauded El Salvador’s decision to assume Bitcoin as legal tender and expressed her wish for Mexico to follow suit.

Emilio Saldaña, who also participated in the event, said: “The world is a laboratory on new financial technologies. 86 % of central banks are evaluating how their national currencies interact with Bitcoin. It would be very interesting to see Mexico set an example.”

M. Rodríguez

Source: es.beincrypto.com