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Digital Currency Tries to Help Legal Marijuana's Banking Problem


Financing has always been rocky for Colorado s legal marijuana industry, which largely operates in cash because of the plant s federally illegal status. Only an estimated 35 financial institutions in Colorado deal with the cannabis industry and try to do so anonymously, according to Amanda Averch at the Colorado Bankers Association.
To move around this, some dispensaries are experimenting with digital currency and payment apps.
Boulder dispensary Helping Hands Cannabis was the first marijuana store in Colorado to accept Bitcoin and Ethereum, two popular forms of cryptocurrency, in 2019. The shop introduced the Strike Payment app to customers shortly after, allowing shoppers to scan their phone wallets QR codes for a cash-free plug. The app functions similarly to the Western Union and TransferWise money exchange services, but users don t have to deal with the nitty-gritty of taxes, fees or even the complexity of Bitcoin, as the Strike automatically converts U.S. dollars ....

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