Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018.
"Jack accepted the offer from sinaEstavi for $2,915,835.47," read a tweet from the Valuables by Cent auction platform.The profile on the auction-winning account indicated it belonged to Sina Estavi, chief executive of blockchain technology-related startup Bridge Oracle.Dorsey's tweet highlighted a surge of interest around NFTs, or non-fungible tokens.
Fifteen years ago Dorsey typed out a banal message - "just setting up my twttr" - which became the first ever tweet, launching a global platform that has become a controversial and dominant force in civil society.The short tweet was sent March 21, 2006 by the Twitter co-founder and chief, who said he would donate the money from its sale to charity.
just setting up my mental health now..