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2022-01-18 05:55:06 • Walmart filed 7 trademark and patent applications last month. Notable among those are financial service patents for digital currencies or tokens in addition to a downloadable software platform for managing digital tokens, digital and blockchain assets, and cryptocurrencies.

• Nike filed a slew of trademark applications in early Nov that previewed its plans to sell virtual branded sneakers and apparel.

• Gap has also started selling NFTs of its iconic logo sweatshirts.

• Under Armour’s and Adidas’ NFT debuts sold out last month.

• Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, and Abercrombie & Fitch have also filed trademarks in recent weeks detailing their intent to open some sort of virtual store.

More: CNBC
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2022-01-11 18:26:43 Moxie Marlinspike is stepping down as CEO of Signal, leaving executive chairman Brian Acton to serve as acting CEO until a replacement is found.

Signal has more than 40 million monthly users. The company is a nonprofit, so it relies on donations and a recently launched sustainer program.

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2022-01-06 13:04:22 Ref: Web3, Crypto, NFTs, DAOs, DeFi, etc.

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2022-01-04 17:38:14 The leading candidate for the South Korean presidency has announced a fundraiser based on NFTs.

Per the Korea Times' report, Lee Jae-myung, the ruling Democratic Party's candidate in the 2022 presidential elections, will be giving NFTs to donors to his campaign.

More: Koreatimes
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2021-12-30 14:01:42 • Meta's Oculus VR app was the most downloaded application on USA’s App Store, over Christmas.

• Meta has declared an investment of at least $10 billion to create a metaverse, but VR technology is still in a very early stage of adoption.

• The increased sales will help Meta gain data and insight into what their audience wants with a VR experience.

More: QZ
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2021-12-18 21:05:18 A Minecraft player has successfully built an 8-bit processor inside the video game

More: PCworld
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2021-12-14 06:39:06 ~ 1/5 of unicorn founders attended Stanford

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2021-12-12 02:40:06 The Twitter handle of India’s Prime Minister was very briefly compromised.

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2021-12-09 19:53:14 Global inequality by region of the world - the top 1% owns "only" 25% of total wealth in Europe but close to half in Russia and Latin America

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2021-12-09 09:20:06 Discord is testing a new Premium Memberships feature that allows creators to monetize their servers.

The feature is currently only available for around 10 creators. Creators will be able to use the feature to offer more content or access to community members.

More: TheVerge
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