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Crypto banking app Bitwala relaunches via new partnership with Striga

European crypto-banking platform Bitwala, formerly known as Nuri, is coming back after ceasing operations in 2022. European cryptocurrency banking platform Bitwala, formerly known as Nuri, is coming back after ceasing operations and returning customer funds last year. Bitwala is re launch ing operations under its original name, in partnership with the support of the banking infrastructure company known as Striga, the firms said in a joint announcement to Cointelegraph on Nov. 8. As part of the partnership, Striga is providing Bitwala with “Banking and Crypto-as-a-Service,” enabling the crypto banking app to draw on its trading and card-issuing functionality, Bitwala CEO Dennis Daiber said. Bitwala, which rebranded as Nuri in 2021, filed for insolvency in August 2022, citing liquidity issues coming amid a massive crypto bear market that was triggered by the Terra crash. The firm eventually shut down operations in October 2022, asking its 500,000 users to withdraw their assets before ...

Germany launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent: Nifty Newsletter, June 21–28

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The German foreign service created a dog-themed NFT collection in the form of a treasure hunt to recruit and test new cyber talent. 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. German intelligence service launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent 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 ...