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Costliest Snack Ever? Crypto Investor And Tron Founder Justin Sun Eats $6.2M Duct-Taped Banana: 'The Real Value Is The Concept Itself'

Cryptocurrency investor and Tron (CRYPTO: TRX) founder Justin Sun has eaten a $6.2 million

Benzinga

Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions On Single Banana Vows To Buy Thousands Of Bananas From Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit For 25 Cents

A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents.

International Business Times

Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor

Maurizio Cattelan was the Italian artist behind the banana art titled ‘Comedian’

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Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions on Single Banana Vows to Buy Thousands of Bananas from Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit for 25 Cents

A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents.

Latin Times

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday

The Independent UK

A Renaissance pooch, pop art hammers and sublime northern landscapes – the week in art

Parmigianino puts an alternative slant on Christmas, Jim Dine displays his tools, and Gabrielle Goliath takes a global view of male violence

The Guardian - UK

Crypto-tycoon who bought infamous banana artwork for $6.2million eats fruit in bizarre stunt

Justin Sun bought the Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork for millions - and then ate it

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Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m

Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last week

The Guardian - UK

Crypto Boss Eats Banana Art He Bought For $6.2 Million

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.

International Business Times

Bitcoin Price Watch: The Journey To A $2 Trillion Market Cap

16 years since the Bitcoin white paper first emerged, the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency has made a name for itself in the finance world and is now closing in on the market cap of big tech giant Alphabet.

International Business Times

Heartbreaking reaction of the 74-year-old banana seller who sold 35c fruit that became $6 million artwork

A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week

The Independent UK

'Crypto Dad' Chris Giancarlo Advocates For Passing Crypto Regulation From The SEC To Another Commission — Here's Why

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo has expressed strong support for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) taking on a larger role in regulating cryptocurrencies like

Benzinga

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for £4.9 million – part of the evolving relationship between art and finance

On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not a conventional painting or sculpture. It consists of an ordinary banana, duct-taped to a wall at a jaunty angle. The hammer price? A staggering US$6.2…

The Conversation

Bitcoin At $93,000—Crash Or Pause? 'Bullish Outlook For 2025,' Says 10x Research

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) dip to $93,000 can be attributed to pressure from a combination of macroeconomic shifts, technical signals and on-chain trends, according to the latest note by 10x Research.

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International Business Times

Trump-Backed WLFI Adds Justin Sun As Advisor After TRON Makes $30M Investment

Justin Sun is now an advisor at World Liberty Financial, the upcoming DeFi platform backed by none other than President-elect Donald Trump.

Benzinga

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Tumble As 'Diamond Hands' Lock In Gains: Top Analyst Anticipates BTC Rebound

Leading cryptocurrencies slid further Tuesday, as long-term investors continued to chase profits.

Benzinga

Jim Cramer Says Bitcoin And Ethereum 'Deserve A Spot In Your Portfolio' As Hedge Against Rising US Debt: 'I've Liked Crypto For A Very Long Time'

Financial analyst Jim Cramer endorsed owning cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) as a safeguard against government overspending and an ever-increasing deficit.

Benzinga

'Altseason Storm' Is Intensifying, Says Prominent Crypto Trader, Ethereum Begins Rally To $6K As Bitcoin Consolidates

Cryptocurrency markets are on the cusp of a potentially transformative period, with leading analysts forecasting a significant surge in alternative cryptocurrencies driven by complex economic ind

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

The sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s work, Comedian, to a crypto entrepreneur is a grim concept that has little to do with disruption

International Business Times

Crypto Celebrates Gensler's Exit – Bitcoin Hits $99K, $XRP Leads Gains

Bitcoin, $XRP, and other top cryptocurrencies seemed to celebrate with the crypto community after SEC Chair Gary Gensler said he will leave the agency during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The pressure is on at Cop29 to fill in the blanks in the climate finance deal

In today’s newsletter: After two weeks of fraught negotiations, the draft text still contains an ‘X’ in place of a number. Is consensus on a trillion-dollar funding target for developing nations possible?

Fortune

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space

Sun outbid six others for the iconic work.

Evening Standard

Fruit fancies: How the art world went bananas for a $6.2m piece of fruit taped to a wall

Last night, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought a banana for $6.2m. Okay it wasn’t any old banana, it was a controversial piece of modern art, titled The Comedian, which was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. And the work is a supermarket banana taped to the wall.

Latin Times

Chinese Crypto Founder Buys Banana Taped to Wall for $6 Million, Says He Will Eat It

A Chinese crypto founder just bought a banana taped to a wall for $6 million, and said he plans to eat it as part of a "unique artistic experience."

Evening Standard

Duct-taped banana artwork sells at auction for almost £5m to crypto entrepreneur

Justin Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian.”

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