It appears that retail giant Walmart (NYSE:WMT) is getting ready to enter the metaverse, with patent filings indicating that it plans to create its own cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (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.