Germany launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent: Nifty Newsletter, June 21–28
In this week’s newsletter, read about the German foreign intelligence agency issuing a dog-themed nonfungible token (NFT) treasure hunt and check out the new NFT stamp collection from the autonomous territory of the Faroe Islands. Find out about Hermès latest win in its infringement case against MetaBirkins, and don’t forget this week’s Nifty News, featuring the NFT Web3 card game Gods Unchained being added to the Epic Games store, and why the United States Secret Service created an NFT collection.
The German foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), launched a collection of dog-themed NFTs on June 19. Aside from cartoon depictions of dogs, the collection features an on-chain treasure hunt to recruit cyber talent.
Dogs of BND NFTs are only collectible by finding a character string posted on the organization’s Instagram that will direct users to a specific Ethereum address. Users would need to use the given information to find the collection and mint the NFT.
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On June 23, Manhattan-based U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff granted the request of luxury fashion house Hermès to block all sales of the MetaBirkin NFTs, marking another win for the fashion brand in the infringement case.
Rakoff showed skepticism toward artist Mason Rothschild’s defense against the Hermès’ suit and questioned the artist’s continued marketing of the project. He said that Rothschild’s “entire scheme” was to trick customers into believing Hermès endorsed the project.
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The Faroe Islands released its first series of stamps, known as “crypto stamps,” with a digital copy stored on the blockchain as an NFT and still serving as actual postage.
On June 23, the official website for the local postal service announced
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