Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) for $2.91 million.
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jack accepted the offer from sinaEstavi for $2915835.47
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This tweet is now minted on the blockchain 🔗https://t.co/YiznRagyBPhttps://t.co/ChR3I6HylP
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— Valuables Marketplace (@Valuables) March 22, 2021
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According to auction data on the Ethereum-based Valuables platform, the buyer of the lot was Sina Estavi, founder of Bridge Oracle.
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Data: Valuables.
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On March 6, 2021, Dorsey listed for sale a post with the text “Just setting up my Twitter” as an NFT. Tron founder Justin Sun offered $2 million for the lot.
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The Twitter CEO said he would convert the proceeds from the sale into Bitcoin and donate them to charity. The recipient will be the non-profit GiveDirectly.
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On March 15, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released a techno track about non-fungible tokens and said he would put it up for sale. A few days later the billionaire backed out of the idea.
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