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In cannabis cash rules everything until now as ALTA develops digital currency

Arizona FinTech Sandbox program is foundation for digital innovation

You know what the problem is with recreational marijuana here in Arizona? What to do with all the money, cash money that is.

On any given day in the Phoenix area, marijuana dispensary owners move in most cases hundreds of thousands of dollars across stretches of highway into rural areas of Arizona to replenish the supply.

The recent passage of Proposition 207, which legalizes recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 years old or better, has created a rapidly growing marketplace and inadvertently created more risk and exposure for cannabis entrepreneurs, some say.

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