Malaysia-based man buys Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's first tweet for RM11.9mil


Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India on Nov 12, 2018. - REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis//File Photo

LONDON: Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for just over US$2.9mil (RM11.9mil) on Monday.

The tweet is in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) - a kind of unique digital asset that has exploded in popularity so far in 2021.

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