Disney Hints At Venturing In Crypto With New Job Posting

Disney’s latest job posting hints at the company's crypto plans.

The Walt Disney Company is looking for a lawyer who would work on transactions involving emerging technologies, including NFTs, blockchain, metaverse and decentralized finance.

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Disney is looking for someone to provide “full product life cycle legal advice and support for global NFT products,” according to the job listing.

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The attorney will be responsible for providing legal advice to cryptocurrency-related matters .

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The entertainment conglomerate has been gradually venturing into the crypto, blockchain and metaverse space.

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Earlier, Disney had filed a patent for a “virtual-world simulator,” referring to a potential theme-park metaverse.

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Earlier this year, Disney named Mike Whit as the company’s strategy in the metaverse sector.

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“If the metaverse is the blending of the physical and the digital in one environment, who can do it better than Disney?” ~ Disney CEO Bob Chapek.

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