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He Put $2.9 Million in a Tweet: 4 Years Later, Reality Hurts

Summary by Numerama
In 2021, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, sold the first tweet ever put online on the social network. A winning bet, since the tweet had gone for $2.9 million. Today, his buyer is sure to look grey. What would you do with $2.9 million? In 2021, an entrepreneur had
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In March 2021, as the madness of the NFTs was in full swing, an entrepreneur put big on a piece of history: he bought the very first tweet published by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, for $2.9 million. At the time, the purchase made a sensation. But four years later, the dream of fortune turned into disillusionment.

In 2021, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, sold the first tweet ever put online on the social network. A winning bet, since the tweet had gone for $2.9 million. Today, his buyer is sure to look grey. What would you do with $2.9 million? In 2021, an entrepreneur had

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Numerama broke the news in on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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