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HSBC files metaverse and NFT patents
British banking instauration HSBC filed a bid of metaverse and nonfungible token (NFT)-related trademark applications.
A June 12 filing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) amusement the bank’s trademarks including metaverse banking, consulting, and fiscal services, on with virtual recognition cards that constituent to a imaginable motorboat of a metaverse slope subdivision and further virtual banking services.
— Mike Kondoudis (@KondoudisLaw) June 19, 2023HSBC besides applied for trademarks relating to online marketplaces, specifically aimed astatine NFTs. It’s not the archetypal clip HSBC has ventured into the virtual. In December 2022, it filed trademark applications for a slew of crypto and NFT-related technologies.
The involvement successful — and prices of — metaverse spot has recently taken a dive, but careless HSBC joins a increasing fig of firms showing involvement successful exploring the virtual world.
In Feb. 2022, JPMorgan became the archetypal slope to launch a virtual subdivision successful Decentraland’s metaverse. Since past Visa, PayPal, and Western Union person each filed for metaverse trademarks.
Queen eyes metaverse trademarks
HSBC isn’t the lone U.K. heavyweight eyeing the virtual world. Queen Productions Ltd — the accumulation institution managing the intelligence spot of iconic British stone set Queen — besides filed a bid of patents relating to the metaverse and NFTs.
A June 12 patent application submitted to the USPTO shows Queen plans to connection NFT-authenticated media arsenic good arsenic virtual merchandise including clothing, footwear and accessories.
Additionally, Queen is looking to make virtual and mixed-reality software.
— Mike Kondoudis (@KondoudisLaw) June 19, 2023Yuga Labs teases HV-MTL Forge NFT game
Yuga Labs announced the motorboat of its latest NFT game, marking the ninth iteration of its ten-step gaming-focused storyline.
A June 21 tweet from Yuga said the HV-MTL Forge lawsuit volition footwear disconnected connected June 29 and involves users gathering homes for their respective NFT characters.
First unveiled successful March 2023, the HV-MTL NFT task is simply a 30,000-piece postulation of “Mech” NFTs that stands adjacent to the project's flagship postulation the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).
In a akin mode to the predecessor crippled Dookey Dash, players volition conflict it retired successful a competitive, tier-based environment. However, alternatively of competing for a precocious score, the victor volition beryllium decided by assemblage vote.
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) June 20, 2023Users questioned the aboriginal inferior of Sewer Pass NFTs that were erstwhile utilized to vie successful Dookey Dash, nevertheless Yuga precocious revealed the passes could beryllium burned to summon a “Power Source” that volition unlock an “Evo 1 Mech.”
According to Yuga, competing successful the HV-MTL Forge crippled volition unlock further upgrades for the Mechs.
The announcement was met with mixed reviews connected Twitter, with immoderate users critiquing the trailer for resembling a crippled they “would person played connected Miniclip successful 2003.”
Enter the Slim Jim's ‘Meataverse’
It’s been a meaty week for announcements related to the metaverse and NFTs and American snack marque Slim Jim conscionable made it adjacent meatier.
In a June 21 tweet, the jerky instrumentality shaper known for its meme-based selling efforts announced its archetypal measurement into Web3 with the motorboat of its humorously named “Meataverse” that includes NFTs and a cryptocurrency.
It's 11:69 with a forecast of MEAT truthful we bring you the MEATAVERSE
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According to Slim Jim, a full of 10,000 NFTs are present up for grabs connected its website. The NFTs, dubbed “GigaJims” are free-to-mint connected the Ethereum scaling web Polygon (MATIC) and volition reportedly relation arsenic a integer rank paper successful the future.
Related: Nike teases upcoming ‘Airphoria’ NFT sneaker hunt connected Fortnite
Marketed arsenic a mode for crypto and jerky enthusiasts alike to articulation the “long boi gang” the NFTs supply holders with entree to perks and benefits that are acceptable to beryllium unveiled successful the adjacent future.
Additionally, GigaJims’ owners volition beryllium capable to upgrade their NFTs by collecting Slim Jim’s integer currency “S.A.U.C.E.”
Other Nifty News
On June 21, Czech car shaper Škoda launched an NFT platform successful collaboration with Layer-1 blockchain Near protocol.
On June 17, Genius.com co-founder Tom Lehman launched “Ethscriptions,” a caller protocol for minting NFTs and different integer assets connected Ethereum. It draws its namesake from Bitcoin Ordinals wherever assets are called “inscriptions.”
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