German intelligence service launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent

Germany’s overseas quality bureau the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) has launched a dog-themed nonfungible token (NFT) postulation with an on-chain treasure hunt aimed astatine recruiting cyber talent.

Earlier successful June the Federal Intelligence Service launched its “Dogs of BND” collection — 999 canine NFTs inspired by BND’s defender and information dogs arsenic good arsenic “different quality roles.”

According to the BND’s website, the NFTs are lone collectible by uncovering a quality drawstring — which it posted connected Instagram that points to an Ethereum address. The cyber endowment would request to usage that accusation to find the postulation and beryllium eligible to mint an NFT.

A Twitter idiosyncratic shared an representation posted connected BND’s Instagram and rhetorically asked if the NFTs are taxpayer-funded. Source: Twitter

On June 19, the BND spoke to the German crypto outlet BTC-Echo, the bureau said it created the postulation and situation to effort to find cybersecurity talent.

Twelve of the NFTs aren’t up for grabs successful the postulation yet. The BND said its readying much hard challenges successful the aboriginal with these tokens arsenic the prize.

BTC-Echo reported the BND was considering a astute interaction hacking challenge.

Since the postulation has received much attention, the level terms and trading volumes of the NFTs person skyrocketed.

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Between June 21 and June 22, the level terms jumped from 0.000001 Ether (ETH) to 0.052 ETH, worthy astir $100.

Despite the important leap successful value, the liquidity connected the postulation is inactive rather low. On June 21 the postulation saw a full measurement of astir 1 ETH which suggests lone astir 20 oregon truthful NFTs were sold by collectors.

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