“AliPay has always adhered to the principle of not providing services to virtual currency transactions,” an Ant Financial spokesperson said in the interview. Specifically, the tech giant said it will prohibit users from using WeChat payments to make any virtual currency-related transactions.

Ant Financial said in a televised interview with BJ News, a Beijing-based local news outlet, that it will also take measures to restrict or permanently ban accounts engaging in any cryptocurrency activity, depending on the situation.

The good times when we though NEM would have a partnership with WeChat or X coin had a partnership with Alipay. Crypto partnerships are jokes.