‘Merry Christmas’: world’s first SMS sent in 1992 fetches US$121,000 as NFT | South China Morning Post

The first-ever text message sent was sold for €107,000 (US$121,000) as a non-fungible token (NFT) at a Paris auction house on December 21, 2021. The text, which reads “Merry Christmas”, was sent on December 3, 1992. It was put up for auction by the British telecoms company Vodafone. NFTs are a type of digital asset …

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