Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com offers NFTs despite state media criticisms

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is giving away free non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to those who sign up for its annual technology conference JD Discovery, in a move to jump on the NFT bandwagon following its rivals Alibaba and Tencent. Fast facts – JD.com's tech arm JD Technology said yesterday in a [social media post] it is giving away seven NFTs based on its mascot figure JOY, and users who register for the conference and share the registration invitations with friends could receive the entire set of seven NFTs until Nov. 22. – The NFTs are minted on the tech giant's own…