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> It is a requirement that businesses operating in the US accept payment in US dollars.

People and businesses in the US have to pay the US government in US dollars, but there's no law requiring that a business accept any particular currency.[1][2]

That said, if you do try to make your own currency, the feds will find some way to shut you down.[3]

1. https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

2. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages...

3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanlewis/2017/04/18/what-is-...



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