Julian Assange NFT fundraiser raises $38 MILLION in efforts to free Wikileaks founder
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news.yahoo.comTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet NFT sells for $2.9 million
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet, offered for sale as a nonfungible token, was sold on Monday for 1,630.58 ether, a cryptocurrency. That's equivalent to about $2.9 million based on ether's price at the time of sale. By March 9, the highest offer was from Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle. Estavi won the auction, though his bid was worth about $2.5 million it was placed. But a person can't exchange one NFT for another as they would with dollars or other assets.
cnbc.comBeeple NFT becomes most expensive ever sold at auction after fetching over $60 million
A non-fungible token by the artist Beeple sold at Christie's for over $60 million, making it the most expensive NFT ever sold at auction. The final sale price could shift higher as final bids are processed and auction fees are added, which could bring the total to more than $69 million. Shortly after the auction result, Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, tweeted: "Holy #$@"The record-breaking work, called "The First 5,000 days" was the first ever to sell at a major auction house. The Christie's sale anoints Beeple as one of the top three living artists in the world by price, after Jeff Koons and David Hockney. In an earlier interview with CNBC, Winkelmann said NFTs have the potential to change more than just the art world.
cnbc.comJack Dorsey's first tweet is on track to sell for $2.5 million, and he says the money will go to charity
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely via videoconference in this screengrab made from video during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, "Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,? Jack Dorsey, who's selling his first ever tweet as a non-fungible token, said Tuesday he'll donate the profits to charity. The Twitter CEO shared a link Friday afternoon to a platform called "Valuables," where his March 21, 2006, tweet "just setting up my twttr" was up for bidding. As of Tuesday morning, the highest offer is from Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle, for $2.5 million, according to the website. The tweet's NFT auction comes amid a surge in popularity of crypto collectibles.
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