State-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) ‘s online branch will launch a new NFT series on Thursday to celebrate the seventh China Space Day.
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Fast facts
- CCTV’s first NFT collection was issued for free during Chinese New Year on Tencent’s blockchain.
- The second batch was issued on Alibaba’s blockchain to commemorate the February Lantern Festival, and racked in 717,600 yuan (US$112,626) in primary sales.
- That series went on to attract high-priced bids on the resale market despite state media’s criticisms against speculations in the NFT market.
- CCTV has ditched NFTs on Alibaba and Tencent as its third NFT series will be sold on Topholder marketplace, a partner of Chinese social media platform Weibo.
- Topholder enables Weibo users to mint their social posts as NFTs.
- Last week, China’s banking and securities industries drew a red line around digital collectibles by urging its member organizations to curb the wave of “financialization and securitization” of NFTs.
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