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Jack Dorsey’s $2.9M NFT tweet flops at auction

During the hit of the NFT frenzy early last year, Estavi paid a whopping $2.9 million for an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. A year later and the $2.9 million NFT received a top bid of just $280 in an auction.

The collectible was scheduled to sell via auction with opening bids set at $28 million. The CEO of the blockchain company Bridge Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) said that he was earmarking a portion of the sales for charity.

“I decided to sell this NFT and donate 50% of the proceeds ($25 million or more) to the charity GiveDirectly,” wrote Estavi.

However, the auction closed yesterday, and it was nothing short of a flop. Estavi received just seven offers ranging from 0.09 ETH (around $277) to 0.0019 ETH (about $6).

With two days left to either accept or reject the bids, Estavi saidthat he might never sell the tweet NFT.

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