{"id":1045,"date":"2016-09-06T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/2016\/09\/bitcoin-as-money-recognized-in-florida.html"},"modified":"2023-01-08T05:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T03:54:39","slug":"bitcoin-as-money-recognized-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/bitcoin-as-money-recognized-in-florida.html","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin as Money recognized in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aJu--8TNrfo\/VsxKbMP0PZI\/AAAAAAAAAOM\/YrYnZUONbpYjqmtEdI16ak8CROXI9H8uQCPcB\/s1600\/Scale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bitcoinasmoney.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aJu--8TNrfo\/VsxKbMP0PZI\/AAAAAAAAAOM\/YrYnZUONbpYjqmtEdI16ak8CROXI9H8uQCPcB\/s400\/Scale.png\" alt=\"bitcoin_as_money\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Florida<\/b> Senator wants to <b>regulate bitcoin<\/b> as money in the <b>U.S.A<\/b>. state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/senators\/s8\"><b>Dorothy Hukill<\/b><\/a>, in fact, explained that the <b>draft legislation<\/b> aims at protecting users and startups.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this year <b>bitcoin was defined as a property<\/b> during a criminal case judged in Florida itself.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now Hukill, Republican senator of Florida and member of the Finance &amp; Tax Committee, commented that legislation details still have to be discussed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These were her words:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;I think you have to recognize it at some level, so you can legislate and protect your constituents. Then you have to figure out what you recognize it as and how you regulate it.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Hukill cannot define an exact date, her office suggested the bill will be submitted to the Florida Senate <b>by the end of 2016<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the legislative session doesn\u2019t begin until March and with the upcoming elections, bills have to wait until November.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hukill also explained that <b>she will look for industry stakeholders\u2019 feedback<\/b>, but that process cannot start if the bill is not well defined.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bitcoin as Money around the world<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/?s=california&amp;submit=Search\">California<\/a>, North Carolina and New Jersey and several other states tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/?s=bitcoin+regulation&amp;submit=Search\">regulate bitcoin<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;If we can fit it under our current law, where it&#8217;s actually money and can be used legitimately so we\u2019re not chasing people away, that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking to do,&#8221;<\/i> explained the senator.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hukill explained that the bill she proposed is well needed also due to the growing interest in bitcoin, as a few shops in Florida started to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/?s=shops&amp;submit=Search\">the digital currency as a method of payment.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Florida Senator wants to regulate bitcoin as money in the U.S.A. state. 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