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Walmart is the next big company with plans for the metaverse
4 monthes ago | By Business Insider
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Walmart has filed several new trademarks hoping to produce and sell virtual goods.
Separate filings show the retailer also plans to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs.
The retailer joins a slew of businesses rushing to capitalize on Web3 and the metaverse.
Walmart will join Facebook, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Bumble, Disney, and a string of other companies with plans to claim their own corner of the metaverse. The retailer, the largest private employer in the US, quietly filed several trademark applications in late December, which described extensive plans to sell...
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