{"id":50971,"date":"2021-10-11T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T08:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50971"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:12:32","slug":"mcdonalds-china-launches-nft-collection-to-mark-31st-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/mcdonalds-china-launches-nft-collection-to-mark-31st-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s China launches NFT collection to mark 31st anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald\u2019s China has released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to mark its 31st anniversary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McDonalds<\/a> launches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bigmac?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bigmac<\/a> Rubik\u2019s cube <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFT<\/a> collectible on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CONFLUX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CONFLUX<\/a> in ultimate example of east meets west. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nftcollector?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nftcollector<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nj4xWY0Ltu\">pic.twitter.com\/nj4xWY0Ltu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conflux Network Official (@Conflux_Network) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Conflux_Network\/status\/1446458267459207176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s will distribute 188 NFTs\u2014Big Mac Rubik\u2019s Cube\u2014on the Conflux blockchain among staff and customers of its outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The tokens\u2019 design is inspired by the exterior of the company\u2019s new office, built specifically for the anniversary of the launch.<\/p>\n<p>The controlling stake in McDonald\u2019s China is held by the state investment company CITIC Group. The branch issued the NFT against the backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-slips-below-42000-as-china-tightens-crypto-trading-regulation\">further crackdowns by China against the crypto industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2021, Burger King <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/burger-king-launches-keep-it-real-meals-nft-campaign\">launched the NFT campaign Keep It Real Meals<\/a> with performers Nelly, Anitta and LILHUDDY.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, McDonald\u2019s, Pizza Hut and Starbucks in El Salvador <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/fast-food-chains-in-el-salvador-begin-accepting-bitcoin-as-payment\">began accepting bitcoin as payment<\/a> after the entry into force <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/el-salvador-legalises-bitcoin-as-government-buys-550-btc\">the first cryptocurrency legalization law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2020, McDonald\u2019s China participated in testing the digital yuan.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese branch of McDonald\u2019s has released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to mark its 31st anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[133,1591,1213],"class_list":["post-50971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-china","tag-mcdonalds","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"37","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50973,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50971\/revisions\/50973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}