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Digestible news on the latest developments across the fields of Web3, NFTs, blockchain, and metaverse in China and beyond, compiled for you every week by Pandaily.
This week: Tencent’s NFT marketplace Huanhe to close down, Zipmex becomes latest crypto exchange to halt withdrawals, Hong Kong monetary chief said crypto and DeFi won’t disappear, and more.
Tencent is laying off an undisclosed number of employees from its NFT purchasing and collection platform Huanhe 幻核, with the ultimate intention of discontinuing the venture, according to sources familiar with the situation. Caixin Global and Forkast first reported the story.
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Singapore-based crypto exchange Zipmex halted withdrawals, becoming the latest company caught in the fallout from a series of defaults that are spreading throughout the digital assets industry. The Washington Post and Bloomberg first reported the story.
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) CEO Eddie Yue said that more scrutiny of stablecoins could help to reduce risks from DeFi, but the technology, which seeks to remove the need for financial intermediaries from lending and investing, will continue to play an important role in the financial system. Reuters and CoinDesk first reported the story.
In February, Hong Kong’s Baptist minister Reverend Enoch Lam Yee-lok started Me Church, a church in the metaverse, where people can attend virtually as avatars. SCMP first reported the story.
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated the stance taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ban crypto, but said significant international collaboration is required in order for any legislation to pass. CoinDesk and TechCrunch first reported the story.
Minecraft developer Mojang said on Wednesday that it will institute a ban on blockchain technology and NFTs. Protocol and Yahoo Finance first reported the story.
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