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Turkey and U.S. in Talks on Worsening Syria Crisis President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, right, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Ankara on Friday.  

U.S. states with positive attitudes have advanced towards bitcoin legalization – a process that a growing number of elected officials consider inevitable, if not desirable.  Numerous crypto-friendly bills have been introduced, and some of them have received approval in committees and houses of state legislatures. One wouldn’t necessarily think of states like Arizona, Tennessee, and Wyoming as the backbone of a great nation’s economy. How about… pioneers of its future development? Bitcoin Doesn’t Stink – Arizona Will Take It For some time now legislators in the Grand Canyon State have been thinking how to facilitate residents receiving incomes and profits in crypto-currency. If bitcoin is good for ordinary citizens and businesses, it should be good enough for the state coffers, local lawmakers have decided. Last week Arizona got closer to accepting cryptos as legal tender for taxation purposes. Several bills recognizing coins as currencies have been making their way in the...