The parliament of Antigua and Barbuda has amended the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme Act to accept payments in the form of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. With Antigua and Barbuda’s citizenship by way of investment into its National Development Fund having been reduced to a cost of $100,000 USD last year, the price of citizenship in the independent Commonwealth country is less than 13 BTC at current prices.
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Antigua-Barbuda Amends Citizenship by Investment Programme to Accept Crypto
Antigua and Barbuda’s parliament has amended the country’s citizenship by investment programme (CIP) to allow payments in the form of cryptocurrencies. The resolution was passed in the country’s lower house and also facilitates CIP payments in the form of fiat currencies other than USD.
Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister and minister of finance, stated: “So not only are we providing the capacity for payment in Euros, but we are also proving for payments using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.”
Mr. Browne acknowledged that “we know we have to be careful” with regards to cryptocurrencies. The prime minister added that “moving money is important and if you cannot move money you cannot receive it,” concluding that “it is quintessential that we have a payment mechanism that could facilitate payments in cryptocurrencies.”
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Mr. Browne emphasized that facilitating CIP payments in the form of cryptocurrency “expands your market because we have a number of cryptocurrency investors who may be quite willing to take up our citizenship but would only pay in cryptocurrencies,” adding “If you do not accept the cryptocurrency then you would be literally locked out of
