Polygon and Tether back Lugano to make crypto legal tender

Polygon and Tether are supporting efforts by the Swiss city of Lugano to become Europe’s blockchain capital. You can now pay your annual taxes, parking tickets, public services and student tuition fees in Bitcoin, Tether and the city’s own LVGA stablecoin in the picturesque holiday destination, Bankless Times learned from a press release.

Polygon joins effort as infrastructure partner

With this development, Lugano is paving the way for cryptocurrencies to become legal tender in the city. Polygon is providing the basis, on which the stablecoins will run.

Over the past year, the city has taken specific steps to make its plans a reality. It launched a loyalty program and digital wallet with LVGA points.It also developed the city blockchain 3Achain, which is EVM-compatible, linked to Ethereum, and uses Proof of Authority consensus.

Lugano sets up $109M fund to finance blockchain start-ups Lugano has a Plan B, under which it will set up a 100 million Swiss francs ($109 million) fund to help finance blockchain-based start-ups. It will also create specialized hub hosting companies and start-ups. Another 3 million francs will be set aside to speed up adoption by local businesses. Lugano Mayor Michele Foletti and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino made the announcement live.Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder of Polygon, said:

Combining the stability of stablecoin technology with Polygon’s low-cost infrastructure provides Lugano with a rapid, and non-volatile means of transacting. We’re delighted the City of Lugano has selected Polygon to provide this critical infrastructure for their stablecoin.

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