Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com drops NFT series on its own blockchain
JD.com implements its own blockchain to issue free NFTs to attendees of its annual JD Discovery conference. Chinese online retail giant JD.com is diving into the nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, industry by introducing a special NFT series for its annual JD Discovery conference.Using its proprietary blockchain platform, JD.com will be distributing commemorative NFT certificates to attendees of the JDD 2021 event in Beijing, the Chinese new agency Sina Finance reported Oct. 20.JD.com will specifically issue one NFT for free to anyone who signs up for the JDD 2021 conference between Oct. 18 and....
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