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Finance

Walmart Dives Into Metaverse With Launches in Roblox

The retail giant filed for trademarks earlier this year that may have hinted at its intent to sell goods in the metaverse.

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Funko Partners With Warner Brothers for DC Comics NFT Release

Pop culture retail brand Funko is teaming up with Warner Brothers to offer “The Brave and the Bold,” a physical and digital comic book collectible, exclusively through retail giant Walmart. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the integration of physical and digital collecting, and mainstream brands’ move into the NFT space.

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First Mover Asia: KuCoin Plans to Bolster DeFi Activity on Its Blockchain After $150M Raise; Cryptos Gain

The crypto exchange will add technical features to support developers and build on KuCoin's public blockchain; bitcoin outperforms ether.

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Finance

Walmart Preparing a Metaverse Push, Trademark Filings Show

The retail giant may also be planning to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs.

The Walmart in Warminster, Pa. (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

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Week in Review: Bitcoin's New All-Time High, Bitcoin Futures ETFs, Walmart Hosting Bitcoin ATMs

"All About Bitcoin's" Week in Review panel dives into the week's hot topics: bitcoin's price reaching a new all-time high, the first U.S. bitcoin futures ETFs launching on the New York Stock Exchange, Walmart offering bitcoin buying, and Jonas Schinelli stepping down as core maintainer and contributor of bitcoin.

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Finance

Walmart Has Quietly Begun Hosting Bitcoin ATMs

The retail giant is offering bitcoin through 200 of its Coinstar kiosks in a tie-up with crypto ATM firm Coinme. We made sure it’s real.

One of the bitcoin-enabled Coinstar kiosks at a Walmart in Warminster, Pa. (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

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The Impact of Fake News on Bitcoin

New data reveals the impact a lie can have on bitcoin's price. A fake news release Monday announcing a bogus partnership between Walmart and litecoin, a fork of bitcoin, coincided with a spike in BTC's price. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Finance

How Media Fell for a Lucrative Lie About Walmart

A series of failures by news services and gatekeepers sent Litecoin, an early altcoin, on a wild, fraudulent ride.

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Finance

Price of Litecoin Spikes on Fake Walmart Press Release

The fake news release caused the price of litecoin to spike almost 30% on Monday morning before returning to previous levels.

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