I just remembered something quite interesting about the early days of Twitter. Exactly 20 years ago, on March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey wrote those four words from a laptop that would change everything: “just setting up my twttr”. A simple message, almost insignificant at the time, but it ended up becoming historic.

What’s interesting is how this first tweet turned into such a valuable digital asset years later. In 2021, when the NFT boom was at its peak, Dorsey decided to sell that legendary tweet as an NFT. The figure was impressive: 2,915,835.47 dollars. The buyer was Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle, who made a strong bet on owning a piece of digital history.

But here’s what many people don’t remember: that NFT of the first tweet went through a brutal drop afterward. The NFT market changed quickly, and along with it, the value of many digital assets. Estavi tried to sell it again, but the offers were ridiculous compared to what he paid.

Now, looking back, it’s fascinating to see how that first tweet was not only recognized by Wikipedia and the Computer History Museum, but also by the Guinness World Records. It represents a moment when digital culture and blockchain assets converged in a way that neither Dorsey nor Estavi likely expected. A reminder that in crypto and digital markets, history and speculation always go hand in hand.