According to a recent trademark application, the New York Stock Exchange last week applied for a trademark focused on virtual goods and NFTs.
The filing is not the exchange’s first move in this particular area. NYSE launched its first NFTs last year to celebrate “First Trades of these notable listings: Spotify, which executed the first-ever Direct Listing, Snowflake, Unity, DoorDash, Roblox and Cooping, the largest U.S. IPO so far this year,” according to their website.
Here’s a section from NYSE filing:
The New York Stock Exchange is coming to the Metaverse.
A new application filed on the 10th says that @NYSE has plans to trademark NYSE for NFTs, cryptocurrencies, digital collectibles, and marketplaces to trade and exchange them.#NFT #Metaverse #Web3 pic.twitter.com/7bD3VbqAP3
— Mike Kondoudis (@KondoudisLaw) February 15, 2022
“Provision of an online marketplace for buyers, sellers, and traders of virtual and digital assets, artwork, collectibles, and non-fungible tokens. Online marketplace services, namely, providing an online marketplace for buyers, sellers, and traders of digital currency, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, digital tokens, crypto tokens, and utility tokens. Providing a website featuring an online marketplace for buying, selling, and trading virtual goods with other users. Develop and design virtual retail stores, virtual stores, and virtual showrooms for other provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of downloadable digital goods authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of downloadable digital art images authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs).”