{"id":13581,"date":"2018-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/08\/04\/queensland-government-to-support-payments-in-btc-ltc-eth-dash-and-xem\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:36:49","slug":"queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/queensland\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland Government To Support Payments In BTC, LTC, ETH, DASH And XEM"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to reports out today, local authorities in Queensland are alleged to be piloting a programme that could see the adoption of a number of cryptocurrencies<\/a> within the state. The currencies in question include Bitcoin<\/a>, Litecoin, Ethereum, Dash and NEM.<\/p>\n The project is set to see the government approve work by a company called TravelbyBit, an established cryptocurrency<\/a> project that allows merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments.<\/p>\n According to Bitcoinist.com<\/a>, Kate Jones, Queensland\u2019s Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development has said:<\/p>\n In essence, this will allow merchants in Queensland to see a roll out of cryptocurrency adoption, which in turn promises to bring new customers to a range of shops on the premise that they are able to spend a range of different cryptocurrencies in there.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a project that the CEO of TravelbyBit, Caleb Yeoh is excited about:<\/p>\n See more for yourself, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an exciting prospect for cryptocurrency\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to reports out today, local authorities in Queensland are alleged to be piloting a programme that could see the adoption of a number of cryptocurrencies<\/a> within the state. The currencies in question include Bitcoin<\/a>, Litecoin, Ethereum, Dash and NEM.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n