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Jan 2022
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817: IS WALMART GEARING UP TO ENTER META...

JUSTIN VERRENGIA
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Retail giant Walmart submitted a total of seven patent filings, signaling plans to create its own digital currency and NFT collection.


The multinational retailer filed several new trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Dec. 30, however, they remained unnoticed until a Sunday report by CNBC shed more light on Walmart’s ambitions.


Walmart filed a total of seven patent applications at the time, including three under its existing advertising division “Walmart Connect.”

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