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The city of Lugano in Switzerland has introduced a new network called Polygon to its payment app. This means that “MyLugano” will become a multichain wallet, allowing residents of the Ticino region to make crypto payments with various assets. Additionally, the city of Lugano is creating an NFT collection on the Polygon blockchain.Since March 2022, Lugano has been competing with Zug to become the leading blockchain hub in Switzerland under its “Plan B” initiative. As part of this initiative, which was co-designed by the world’s largest stablecoin provider Tether, the development of a payment app was undertaken. MyLugano was designed to introduce the local population to their own cryptocurrency, LVGA (“Luga”), through a loyalty program. The app now supports Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), LVGA, and the Polygon native token MATIC.The goal of Lugano’s Plan B is to transform the Ticino region into the blockchain capital of Europe. Citizens and businesses can use the supported cryptocurrencies to pay their annual taxes, parking tickets, public services, and tuition fees. This gives blockchain tokens the status of legal tender. The Polygon network will provide the infrastructure for some of these transactions.Currently, over 30,000 people are using the MyLugano app, and nearly 400 businesses support crypto payments with a 10% rebate in LVGA. With the integration of Polygon, the functionality of the app is expanded by providing access to the network’s Web3 ecosystem. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain will have their own space within the app.To celebrate the partnership, MyLugano has created its own NFT collection dedicated to the work of artist Yuri Catania. “LVGA/XY Flowers,” created in collaboration with the Lugano Living Lab, is a 40-meter long and 8-meter high artwork on the wall of the Palazzo dei Congressi. The physical artwork, created using the paste-up technique, will gradually disappear as the over 2,000 paper flowers attached to the wall are transformed into real flowers and planted in a new green area. The artwork will also live on as NFTs on the Polygon network, signed by the artist and distributed to all those involved in its creation.