IP Attorney Mike Kondoudis confirmed the move in a Twitter post dated October 25th. In June, PayPal hinted at diving deeper into the metaverse at the CoinDesk Annual Consensus. You can read on to learn more about the patent and what this means for PayPal.
What Will PayPal’s Move Into NFTs Mean For The Space?
In June, during the CoinDesk consensus, PayPal CEO stated, “blockchain tech is slowly redesigning the future of our financial system.” The NFT/Web3 trademark announcement from PayPal comes around the same time as another global fintech giant – Western Union, announced similar moves. This is a huge push forward to the web3 ecosystem and helps faster acceptance and growth of the industry. The trademark applications include plans for exchanging, trading, and processing transfers of digital assets. The filing goes on to include crypto, digital, and virtual currencies.
The first trademark application is “downloadable software” for trading and storing cryptocurrencies. This is why many speculate a new NFT marketplace exclusive to PayPal is in the works. Moreover, the other trademark pertains to crypto payment processing applications.
However, this would not be the first time the company has delved into crypto. Earlier this year, PayPal introduced a pay-via-crypto feature. This allowed users to transfer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin to and from the app to external crypto wallets. This includes crypto exchanges, hardware wallets, and family and friends. To add to this, PayPal also announced its stablecoin at the start of this year.
