Application | Phoenix suburb city "Chandler" now accepts Bitcoin for water and electricity bill payments

In the suburbs of Chandler, Arizona, the capital and largest city of Phoenix, residents are now able to pay their water bills using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin held in their PayPal accounts. This makes Chandler one of the latest cities in the United States to accept cryptocurrency payments for water bills or taxes.

In the suburb of Chandler, Phoenix, the capital and largest city of Arizona, citizens can now use Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin held in their PayPal accounts to pay for water bills. This marks the latest city in the United States to allow cryptocurrency payments for water and electricity bills or taxes.

According to a report, Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, announced on Wednesday that residents can pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin (LTC) from their PayPal PYPL accounts. However, the city will not touch these cryptocurrencies; a press release stated that its utility payment processor, Invoice Cloud, will convert all proceeds to fiat currency.

City council member Mark Stewart stated in the press release that providing residents with the latest technology, such as crypto payments, is essential. However, it is unclear at the time of writing if anyone in this city of 250,000 people has started using this option.

Prior to Chandler's adoption of crypto payments for utilities, the city of Williston in North Dakota officially began accepting cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, for utility payments through BitPay.

Chandler is not the first city in the US to integrate crypto payments with utilities. Cities like Williston in North Dakota and Mercedes in Texas have also adopted cryptocurrency payments for public utility fees.

The choice of PayPal for payments in Chandler is because PayPal is a closed system that does not allow crypto assets to enter or exit, which means the city will not hold these cryptocurrencies but will convert them back to fiat after sale.

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