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

“It’s much better than other bananas. It’s really quite good,” Sun said in the viral video. Titled “Comedian”, the conceptual artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was purchased by Sun at four times its estimated value and the payment was made in crypto.

Upon hearing how much Sun bought the fruit for, the vendor, Shah Alam, was in disbelief. Sun then promised to buy 100,000 more bananas from Alam, or $25,000 worth of produce, in a series of posts on X/Twitter.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who identified himself as the buyer of a viral artwork depicting a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall said he will eat the fruit as part of a “unique artistic experience.

Chinese-born Justin Sun paid $6.2million for a piece of artwork consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall and ate the fruit in Hong Kong

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who 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. Chinese-born Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana in a press conference held in The Peninsula Hong Kong,

Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun ate the banana that was part of the $6.2 million artwork that he bought during a recent Sotheby's auction in New York City.

Money in the Banana Stand A crypto baron spent a whopping $6.2 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall — a conceptual artwork titled "Comedian" by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan — at a Sotheby's auction in New York last week.

Tron founder Justin Sun, who bought and then ate a $6.2 million banana art piece, has donated $18 million to Donald Trump’s personal coffers in a lucrative crypto deal. Sun ate the world’s most expensive banana at a press conference in Hong Kong on Nov.