Dubai: The Police Department of Dubai (Dubai Police) has revealed that close to 22.91 million people from all over the world registered their interest in acquiring the 1st collection of non-fungible tokens, “NFT”, which was released by the Dubai Police General Command during the 2nd quarter of this year.
Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, Director of the General Department of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police, responded that the Dubai Police received 7,000+ direct correspondence from participants through its social media platforms.
All participants were contacted to confirm digital wallet addresses, and those who met the requirements were shortlisted in a raffle draw, of which 150 individuals won and received Dubai Police digital assets for free.
Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi shared about the NFT distribution.
The Director of the General Department of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police updated that those interested in owning the 2nd Batch of Dubai Police digital assets should stay tuned as the second edition will be launched during GITEX 2022.
Brigadier Al Razooqi confirmed that Dubai Police is the 1st government entity in the UAE to create its digital assets and the first police organization in the world to do so.
The Dubai Police official elaborated that the collection features 150 free digital assets that symbolize the Force’s innovation, security and communication values.
“The five most interactive countries with the Dubai Police announcement in local and international news were: the UAE, Nigeria, India, United States of America, and Saudi Arabia. The total views of Dubai Police NFT-related news reached 589,173 views, of which 418,693 were on Twitter, 24,282 on Facebook, and 146,198 on Instagram,” Brigadier Al Razooqi added.
“NFT is a unit of data stored on a type of digital ledger called a blockchain, and every NFT is a unique copy in itself, containing complete information about the date of creation and owner. NFT-related Information documented on a blockchain cannot be falsified or copied at all,” the Dubai Police official concluded.
SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT
Dubai Police’s announcement about the launch of the 1st set of digital assets received 4,017 comments (1,674 on Twitter, 59 on Facebook, and 2284 on Instagram) on social media.
The announcement hit around 10,399 likes, 3,311 retweets, and was shared 237 times and was liked by 6,281 users on Instagram.