After a year-long hiatus, Our Man in Shanghai returns, but is no longer based in Shanghai (the crackdown on cryptocurrency was a factor in the column‘s retirement), so a rebrand is required. This space is now called “Asia Express” and is a weekly digest of news from mainland China and Taiwan and also from the rest of Asia. Check in every Friday for news on Asia’s most influential projects, changing regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. A lot has changed since the last issue on December 17, 2021. Without further ado, let’s dig in.

China NFT Domestic Market

In a joint effort between the state-owned Chinese Technology Exchange, the Art…