Jack Dorsey sells his first tweet ever as an NFT for over $2.9 million

Jack Dorsey sells his first tweet ever as an NFT for over $2.9 million

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, sold his first tweet as an NFT, or nonfungible token, for over $2.9 million on Monday when bidding ended on the "Valuables" platform, which is run by Cent, a blockchain-powered social media network. 

The tweet, which says, "just setting up my twttr," was first posted by Dorsey on March 21, 2006.

NFTs are digital assets, including jpegs and video clips, that can be bought and sold, just like physical assets. And since they run on blockchain, a decentralized digital ledger that documents transactions, ownership and validity of each can be tracked.

Though there was a bidding war over the NFT of Dorsey's tweet between tech entrepreneur Justin Sun and Bridge Oracle CEO Sina Estavi, ultimately, Estavi's bid of over $2.9 million won, the site says. Estavi also bid $1.1 million to own the NFT of a recent tweet by Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, which was also listed on "Valuables."

"[B]y bidding on Jack Dorsey's first tweet of history and Elon Musk's NFT, I wanted to emphasize the importance of NFTs on [the] future of crypto and tech sphere," Estavi recently told CNBC Make It. In addition, "I wanted to encourage involving in charities in the crypto space."

According to "Valuables," the