ថូខឹនដែលមិនមែនជាផ្សិត (NFTs) are increasingly leveraged by individuals, brands, organizations, and institutions looking for new ways to interact with their audiences while benefitting from the value offered by such products.
One of the most recent celebrities to join the NFT and metaverse space is Kevin Durant, the professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Together with his Venture Capital firm Thirty Five Ventures LLC, Durant has filed as many as 26 trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 19.
Licensed trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis broke the news via his Twitter profile on Tuesday, March 24:
If the applications are accepted, they will allow the sports star’s fans to purchase his downloadable and unique NFTs, NFT-backed media, and crypto-collectibles, as well as trade them on NFT and crypto marketplaces.
Durant’s filings are part of a growing trend of popular personalities and brands showing interest in metaverse នេះ និង NFTs ។
Other newcomers to the space include football legend David Beckham, recording artist Billie Eilish, American lingerie brand Victoria បានរបស់សម្ងាត់, food industry giants McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut, beverage company បិសាចថាមពលនេះ ផ្សារហ៊ុនញូវយ៉ក (NYSE), global payment facilitator ម៉ាស្ទ័ (NYSE: MA) និងអ្នកផ្សេងទៀតជាច្រើន។
It is worth mentioning that NFTs may be a new thing, but the interest in them is soaring. According to research by ហ្វីនបុល, the US NFT trademark applications in 2021 increased more than 400-fold, with the highest number recorded in December. The trend continued in 2022 since the beginning of which the total volume traded in NFTs exceeded $54 billion by April 18.
Interestingly, in late May, Marie Tatibouet, the chief marketing officer at Gate.io, expressed her ‘100%’ belief that NFTs would surpass the market capitalization នៃ Bitcoin (BTC អ) at some point in the future. Whether her predictions will come true, remains to be seen.
Source: https://finbold.com/basketball-star-kevin-durant-files-for-26-nft-and-metaverse-applications/