NFTs in China and their uncertain future: An in-depth report

Regulatory caution, crypto-hostility, no secondary market hold back cartoon apes

20220113 NFT art

Visitors take in "HOLD ONTO YOUR BITCOIN" by Gustav Szabo, known as Szabotage, in Hong Kong, China, in September 2021. The art will be converted into NFTs and auctioned online by Sotheby's. © Reuters

KELSEY CHENG, Caixin

Last year saw the non-fungible token, or NFT, break into the mainstream, as hype over the volatile market for digital keys to pixilated artworks pushed sales into the billions.

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