Looking for other sources to corroborate this, I arrived at the following conclusions: * This story is being reported on a spectrum of "A person has proposed a

Looking for other sources to corroborate this, I arrived at the following conclusions: * This story is being reported on a spectrum of "A person has proposed a bill" (which seems to be the factual state) to "Bitcoin will soon be legal tender in Brazil" (which is pure hyperbole). * The bill is primarily about regulating cryptocurrencies. What this means specifically is not clear to me, but for example, it actually increases the penalty for money laundering using crypto from 10 years to 16 years. * In any case, this seems clearly to be about the government exerting more control, not enabling citizens.