Yes, the Secret Service has an NFT collection, and no, it’s not for sale

The United States Secret Service has finally shed more light on its bizarre nonfungible token (NFT) collection sitting on OpenSea. 

The NFT collection was first

Frey reiterated that the NFT collection was also made to highlight the agency’s accessibility and to make them more approachable by the public, and particularly, crypto enthusiasts.

“The spirit behind them is public education,” said supervisory Special Agent Ryan Cole.

Being able to interact directly with members of the crypto community by way of social media platforms such as Reddit has proven essential to solving crimes and returning funds to victims in the past, Frey added.

“It was through those interactions that we learned that there was this whole community that was kind of griping and warning about all these different types of scams,” Frey said. “The cases that we see most of are specifically victim-based crimes and one of the main goals of our investigative work is to make these victims whole again.”

The Secret Service is tasked with two main directives: protecting key political leaders and safeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the U.S.

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