Mexican Senator Proposes CBDC Legislation After Promising Bitcoin Legal Tender Bill - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Indria Kempis – Mexican senator for the State of Nuevo León – has introduced a bill to formalize the inclusion of virtual assets as a form of currency that may circulate in Mexico. However, it proposes that only the central bank can issue a digital currency, without any mention of Bitcoin. What Happened to the Bitcoin Law? In February, CryptoPotato की रिपोर्ट that Kempis was planing to help make Bitcoin legal tender in Mexico. The chances seemed slim at the time, given that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had previously shown disinterest in Bitcoin adoption. Nevertheless, the Senators words were clear. “We need bitcoin to be legal tender in Mexico,” she बोला था Diario El Salvador, “because if it is not so, if we do not make that decision as El Salvador did, it is very difficult to take action.” Yet according to विधान the senator put forth last Wednesday, her focus is on a different type of digital asset. In a draft decree amending article 2 of Mexicos monetary law, she would require that “only the central bank” could issue a digital currency for the country. Specifically, the amendment would list a “digital currency of the central bank” among Mexican banknotes and approved