China crypto crackdown: Tencent freezes WeChat NFT accounts


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By Connie Lin 1 minute Read While cryptocurrencies have been torched in China, their fellow blockchain technology, NFTs, have stayed relatively unscathed. There currently exists no regulation of the digital collectibles in the country, and people can buy them freely from online marketplaces—although they must pay in renminbi, not BTC or ETH, and the tokens are also not built on popular blockchains like Ethereum, but rather ledgers under Chinese regulators’ purview. advertisement Even so, their fortunes may now be turning as China looks to tighten its grip. This week, Tencent, the domestic tech giant behind the country’s ubiquitous social app...