In an unprecedented event, Chinese businessman Justin Sun fulfilled his promise to eat a banana from a work of art that he bought for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York last week.
The controversial artwork known as “Comedian” by Maurizio Cattelan is a banana taped to a wall. Sun, 34 and founder of the Tron cryptocurrency network, beat out six other contenders to buy the business.
during press conference In Hong Kong, Sun ate a banana, noting the similarity between this artwork and cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This is not the first time the banana has been eaten. It was previously eaten by a performer in 2019 and a South Korean student in 2023, but neither of them paid for it.
The artwork includes a guide on how to replace the banana regularly before the show. On the day of the auction, a fresh banana was purchased for 35 cents, which then became the most expensive fruit in the world! During the event, each attendee received a banana and duct tape as a souvenir.
This week, Sun revealed that he had invested $30 million in a cryptocurrency project backed by US President-elect Donald Trump, despite facing charges from the US Securities Exchange Commission of selling unregistered financial tokens.
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