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March 22, 2021 11:40 pm GMT
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That 2006 Jack Dorsey tweet NFT just sold for $2.9 million (LOL)
Jack Dorsey just sold his fist tweetSort of.
If you're confused by that combination of words, then congrats, you're literate. On Monday, the Twitter CEO confirmed that, after listing the platform's very first tweet on the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Valuables in December, an NFT associated with the 2006 tweet sold for over $2.9 million worth of cryptocurrency.
"just setting up my twttr," reads the tweet.
just setting up my twttr
— jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
The NFT, which is essentially an agreed upon and (at at least theoretically) verifiable ownership claim of, in this case, a tweet that the Valuables FAQ makes clear "stays on twitter," was purchased by Bridge Oracle CEO Sina Estavi. Read more...
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