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Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's first tweet sold for $2.9 million as an NFT
The tweet is in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) - a kind of unique digital asset that has exploded in popularity so far in 2021. Each NFT has its own blockchain-based digital signature, which serves as a public ledger, allowing anyone to verify the asset’s authenticity and ownership. The tweet - "just setting up my twttr" - was Dorsey's first tweet, made on March 21, 2006. tweet The NFT was sold via auction on a platform called Valuables, which is owned by the U.S.-based company Cent. It was bought using the cryptocurrency Ether, for 1630.5825601 ETH, which was worth $2,915,835.47 at the time of sale, ... (full story)