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Alipay Adds Cooldown Feature on NFTs to Curb Speculation

China's second-most popular payments app doesn't want users to engage in speculation with NFTs.

Actualizado 14 sept 2021, 1:38 p. .m.. Publicado 11 ago 2021, 11:26 a. .m.. Traducido por IA
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Chinese payments app Alipay is now requiring users to hold onto non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for at least 180 days before they can transfer them, Chinese media reported.

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  • Alipay updated the terms for use of its NFT marketplace "mini-program," an app within the super-app, AI Caijing reported today.
  • Alipay, which is China's second-most popular payments app, says the mini-program shouldn't be used for speculation.
  • Users can send NFTs only to accounts that have passed real-name verification, the terms said.
  • The terms also state that the copyright of digital works belongs to the creator or issuer and that buyers can't use them for commercial purposes without consent.
  • The mini-program caters primarily to fans who want to buy NFTs of celebrity memorabilia.
  • The NFT market globally has been picking up, with marketplaces hitting all-time records in transaction volumes.
  • Chinese financial regulators are vehemently opposed to market speculation, a stance they have often reiterated with regards to the highly volatile crypto markets.
  • Ant Group, Alipay's parent company, has been trying to "rectify" its standing with regulators for almost a year, after its initial public offering was abruptly halted last year.

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  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

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IMF Flags Stablecoins as Source of Risk to Emerging Markets, Experts Say We Aren't There Yet

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The IMF warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could undermine local currencies in emerging markets by facilitating currency substitution and capital outflows.

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  • The IMF warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could undermine local currencies in emerging markets by facilitating currency substitution and capital outflows.
  • Despite concerns, experts argue that the stablecoin market is still too small to have a significant macroeconomic impact.
  • Stablecoins are primarily used for crypto trading, and their market size remains small compared to global currency flows.