Court in China Determines That NFTs Represent Virtual Property and Are Protected by Law
A court in Hangzhou, China has ruled that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are considered virtual property and are protected by Chinese law. This ruling came from a case involving a dispute between a customer and a platform th...
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The court stated that NFT collections have the characteristics of property rights such as value, scarcity, controllability, and readability, while also possessing "unique attributes of network virtual property." ...
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