It may be helpful to consider Meta (FB) stock ownership data as of July 24, 2021.
From xNY.io's perspective, we will not sponsor Meta's logo on anything crypto related, given the similarities to the Moscow Stock Exchange logo.
13F Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market Value (B), USD Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.72% 1.23% 20,423,558 $6.02B Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.42% 0.89% 11,977,117 $3.53B Wells Fargo & Co 0.35% 0.67% 10,055,075 $2.96B New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.20% 1.89% 5,801,627 $1.71B New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.11% 1.97% 3,115,404 $917.58M -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&utm_campaign=MSc-Digital-Currency-North-America&utm_term=blockchain%20unic&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyJOBBhDCARIsAJG2h5ctwwMz0MRbVSk-LaYD-GMU5UgDSw7ynxbGr_a7SkaFAZzJc1-pzxEaAi4NEALw_wcB> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-mba-1-5-years-or-3-semesters/> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G@xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 9:34 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
"Meta, formerly Facebook, filed eight trademark applications on Friday for its logo to cover a wide range of digital purposes, including cryptocurrency tokens, wallets, and exchanges. Among the eight trademark filings, six explicitly refer to cryptocurrency and blockchain-based technologies. (The filings can be viewed by searching the serial numbers on the Patent and Trademark Office website.)"
https://decrypt.co/95827/meta-files-trademarks-for-crypto-tokens-wallets-exc...
If Meta's logo is more or less a copy of the Moscow Stock Exchange logo, that USPTO application should be immediately denied, logically.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:56 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Reading the morning news today, I came across a Reuters story discussing the Moscow Stock Exchange, has any Cypherpunk saw the Moscow Stock Exchange Logo: https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2
Comparing the Moscow Stock Exchange logo with Meta's (Facebook) logo, seemingly is a shocker: https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u
Holy cow!
Gunnar
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