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Municipal Tokens as Urban Policy Tools: The Case of LVGA and the MyLugano App. Abstract :"This paper examines the SwissLedger blockchain, the LVGA token, and the MyLugano app as components of a publicly enabled urban infrastructure. The paper argues that their distinctive value lies in the combination of a programmable local payment rail, a cashback mechanism denominated in a territorially bounded token, and a set of targeted policy uses that support local merchants, retain spending within the city, and enable more traceable and conditional forms of public intervention. The analysis situates the Lugano case within the broader context of the platform economy, where digital infrastructures are often privately owned and extractive, and interprets MyLugano as an alternative local public platform designed to coordinate fragmented economic actors around shared incentives. It reconstructs the economic logic of LVGA, focusing on cashback settlement and merchant accounting, and shows then how the same infrastructure can be extended beyond payments to programmable urban policy, including targeted subsidies, tourism incentives, and digital identity functions." Lorenzo Barisone City of Lugano Roberto Gorini Lugano Plan B, Noku AG Robert Bregy City of Lugano Davide Guzzetti UBQ io Vincenzo Carbone City of Lugano Massimo Morini Lugano Plan B, ADIA Lab Simona Gamba City of Lugano Denis Roio Lugano Plan B, Dyne org Keywords: urban policy; complementary currency; public value; platform economy; VIDEO PRESENTATION IN COMMENT Municipal Tokens as Urban Policy Tools — LVGA & MyLugano App | P2PFISY 2026 Astana P2P Financial Systems Exponential Science blockchain innovations future urban planning Switzerland