Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet NFT Drops in Value to $280 From Original Price of $2.9 Million 541b5x

Sina Estavi, who last purchased the tweet NFT in March 2021, listed it for re-sell for $48 million (roughly Rs. 365 crore) last week. 3w5y58

Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet NFT Drops in Value to $280 From Original Price of $2.9 Million

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The NFT showed Jack Dorsey’s first tweet that read, “just setting up my twttr”

Highlights
  • Estavi did not sell the NFT within deadline
  • Estavi is still awaiting a proper offer
  • Estavi had priced the NFT at $48 million (roughly Rs. 365 crore)
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $2.9 million (roughly Rs. 22 crore) last year. In a fresh update, the same NFT gathered the highest bid at a shockingly small amount of $280 (roughly Rs. 21,000) earlier this week after its holder Sina Estavi listed it for a re-sale. The incident has sent shockwaves among of the NFT community. NFTs are digital collectibles built and ed on the blockchain. The values of NFTs can differ according to the inspiration it is derived from, which could be a game character, music, films, actors, and artists among others.

Estavi, who last purchased the tweet NFT in March 2021, OpenSea NFT marketplace.

The Iran-born crypto entrepreneur had also pledged 50 percent of the proceeds he made via re-selling NFT to a charity called Give Directly.

To Estavi's utter horror, his priced NFT saw only seven bidders lining up, out of which, the highest bidder purchased it for $280 (roughly Rs. 21,000). The lowest bidding was recorded at ETH 0.0019 (roughly Rs. 448).

The incident has raised questions around the legibility of NFTs as an asset class.

While the deadline of this NFT auction ed without Estavi getting a chance to rope in any funds via its sale.

“The deadline I set was over, but if I get a good offer, I might accept it, I might never sell it,” CoinDesk quoted Estavi as saying.

At this point, Estavi's reputation in the crypto market is pretty stained after two failed cryptocurrency ventures and nine months in prison.

The ‘cryptopreneur' was arrested in May 2021 in Iran, on charges of “disrupting the economic system”.

Estavi's CryptoLand exchange collapsed, leaving s unable to access their funds. In addition, the price of his Bridge Oracle project's BRG token also sunk to its current price of $0.06031 (roughly Rs. 4.5), as per CoinMarketCap. This backdrop is being counted among reasons why his potential big sale failed to fare well among investors.


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Radhika Parashar
Radhika Parashar is a senior correspondent for Gadgets 360. She has been reporting on tech and telecom for the last three years now and will be focussing on writing about all things crypto. Besides this, she is a major sitcom nerd and often replies in Chandler Bing and Michael Scott references. For tips or queries you could reach out to her at [email protected]. More
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