{"id":80722,"date":"2023-06-25T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T11:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80722"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:40:27","slug":"german-intelligence-agency-launches-its-own-nft-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/german-intelligence-agency-launches-its-own-nft-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"German intelligence agency launches its own NFT collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND) has launched a series <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">NFT<\/a> titled <a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/collection\/dogs-of-bnd\">Dogs of BND<\/a> on the marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/why-opensea-is-the-most-popular-nft-marketplace\">OpenSea<\/a> as part of a campaign to recruit cryptocurrency and blockchain experts to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>The main theme of the NFT collection is German Shepherd dogs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-1024x520.png\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1\" class=\"wp-image-210064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-25-v-11.58.14-1-2048x1039.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/collection\/dogs-of-bnd\">OpenSea<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The BND press secretary Isabel Kalbitzer told <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/145893\/german-intelligence-agencys-dogs-of-bnd-collection-mints-out\">Decrypt<\/a> that &#8220;all 987 available non-fungible tokens found new owners by June 21.&#8221; The collection was released on June 5.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain the token, the agency offered a kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-enthusiasts-burn-cryptopunk-worth-94000\">blockchain test<\/a> with the decoding of a series of symbols related to Ethereum. The initiative was launched on the service&#8217;s Instagram profile, which is geared toward recruitment for the BND.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>&#8220;Through the blockchain test and the NFT collection we aimed, in a playful way, to highlight that the BND is an exceptional employer, also active in the areas of its remit,&#8221; said Kalbitzer.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In June, bitcoin enthusiasts bought the non-fungible token <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-cryptopunks\">CryptoPunk<\/a> #8611 for 54.5 ETH (~$94,000 at the time of the deal) and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-enthusiasts-burn-cryptopunk-worth-94000\">sent it to the burn address<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, sportswear maker Puma <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/puma-to-release-nft-sneakers-in-collaboration-with-wagmi-san-and-10ktf\">announced an NFT sneaker collection<\/a> in collaboration with digital artist Wagmi-san and the store 10KTF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Federal Intelligence Service launched the Dogs of BND NFT series as part of a campaign to recruit cryptocurrency and blockchain experts to the agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[109,1213,1361],"class_list":["post-80722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-germany","tag-nft","tag-virtual-world-innovations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80724,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80722\/revisions\/80724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}