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Nifty News: NFT and Web3 gaming console to launch in 2024, Chinese firms to check ID for NFT buying, and more
5.7.2022
The console's creators say it will be compatible with eight blockchains and have its own digital wallet, token, and marketplace, with a prototype coming in “a few months.”
E-commerce Giant Ebay Files Trademark Applications Covering Wide Range of Metaverse, NFT Services
30.6.2022
E-commerce giant Ebay has filed two trademark applications covering a wide range of products and services relating to the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Ebay’s NFT, Metaverse Trademark Applications Ebay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) filed two trademark applications with the United States...
Disney Moves Toward the Metaverse With Approved US Patent to Create a ‘Virtual-World Simulator’
10.1.2022
A recently discovered patent shows the American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate, Walt Disney Company, was approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a “virtual-world simulator” patent. The simulator is composed of...
Sony Patent Lets Viewers Vote and Pay to Boot Players From Games
20.10.2021
In 2020, Sony filed a patent for allowing livestream spectators and participants to remove players from a game. Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office approved the patent, which you can read in full here. Besides removing unskilled players, the system would allow spectators to...
3 developments signal that Verasity (VRA) price may have bottomed
18.8.2021
Attractive staking offers, a patented approach to combating NFT fraud and an active user base all suggest that VRA price has bottomed following its May lows
Tencent Patent Wants To Let You Pass Down V-Bucks After Death
15.7.2021
Tencent recently obtained a patent relating to digital asset inheritance that might allow games to pass on in-game items and currency when they die. According to video game industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, who first spotted the news on Monday, the Chinese tech giant originally filed for the patent...
Craig Wright’s Law Firm Granted Permission from High Court to Serve Bitcoin.org Operator Cobra
22.4.2021
On April 22, published documents stemming from law firm Ontier LLP show London’s High Court is granting the law firm permission to serve legal proceedings over copyright infringement against the owner of bitcoin.org, a pseudonymous operator called “Cøbra.” The legal...
Leading Bitcoin Payments Processor Bitpay Joins Crypto Patent Alliance COPA
18.4.2021
The world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, Bitpay has announced the company is joining the Square-founded crypto patent effort the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA). Bitpay has been working with blockchain products since 2011 and the firm will share open-source projects...
Civil Lawsuit Against Craig Wright Wants High Court to Rule Against His Bitcoin White Paper Claims
14.4.2021
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a bitcoin industry working group focused on patent laws, has filed a civil lawsuit in the UK against Craig Wright. For many years now Wright has insisted he is Satoshi Nakamoto, but has yet to prove so to the greater crypto community. COPA is looking to...
Crypto Patent Alliance Questions Craig Wright’s White Paper Copyright Claim
8.2.2021
Back in January, the notorious Craig Wright who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto had his lawyers send letters to a number of websites like bitcoin.org telling them to remove the Bitcoin white paper hosted on their web portals. On January 31, bitcoin.org’s owner Cobra claimed he was threatened...
After Years Of Trying, WB Games Has Successfully Patented Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System
6.2.2021
After trying multiple times since 2015, WB Games has successfully secured a patent on the nemesis system featured in Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of War. The patent goes into later this month.Read more
Square Crypto-Led Consortium Challenges Craig Wright’s Bitcoin White Paper Claim
5.2.2021
The response asks general questions of Craig Wright's claims
Valve Fined $4 Million Over Steam Controller Patent Infringement
3.2.2021
SCUF has scored a major win in their patent infringement trial over Valve, with a jury awarding $US4 million to the third-party controller manufacturer over the sale of the Steam Controller.Read more
Longtime Bitcoin Developer Jonas Schnelli Receives Open-Source Grant
28.1.2021
Jonas Schnelli joins other Bitcoin developers who are sponsored by high-caliber Bitcoin companies
Marathon Patent Group Buys $150 Million Worth of Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
26.1.2021
Marathon Patent Group announced Monday that it bought 4,813 bitcoins in a deal worth $150 million. The firm joins the growing list of publicly listed companies holding bitcoin in their treasuries. Merrick Okamoto, chairman and chief executive officer of Marathon, said the Nasdaq firm is buying...
Crypto Miner Marathon Patent Group Buys $150M in Bitcoin
25.1.2021
The Nasdaq-listed mining company wants to become a "pure-play bitcoin investment option" for Wall Street
Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Raise $250M in Direct Stock Offering
13.1.2021
The Las Vegas company has agreed a direct offering of 12.5 million shares of common stock at at $20 per share
Top Gambling Firm IGT Obtains US Patent for a System to Enable Customers to Fund Their Bets via Crypto
7.1.2021
A gambling tech giant received the green light from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to start offering cryptocurrency payment options to their users. The company is known for manufacturing slot gambling machines. Gamblers Could Also Transfer Crypto From Their Wallets to...
Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Marathon’s Market Cap Passes $1B
6.1.2021
At the crypto market's 2017 peak, Marathon barely had a $50 million market capitalization
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Patent Group Completes $200M Capital Raise
4.1.2021
Nasdaq-listed Marathon said it will use the funds to pay for recent hardware purchases from Bitmain and to expand its business