Panama City council greenlights crypto payments for tax, public services
Panama City sets a precedent by reconciling crypto payments and legal tender requirements through conversion.

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Despite early support, Oklahoma's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve proposal meets Senate resistance.
Trade tensions leave Bitcoin and equities trailing as gold and bonds shine.
Matthew Sigel described the proposal of a bond with 10% exposure to Bitcoin as “an aligned solution for mismatched incentives.”
This would be the latest crypto foray linked to the US president, following a stablecoin, a DeFi application, and an investment in Bitcoin mining.
The US considers untapped financial resources, like tariff revenues and gold revaluation, to fund Bitcoin acquisitions.
Grayscale will get a SEC response on ETH staking on June 1, while VanEck in-kind redemptions for its ETFs will have a regulator feedback on June 3.