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.

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.

Justin Sun, the crypto entrepreneur who purchased the now-viral art piece featuring a banana taped to a wall, has eaten it. The piece, titled "Comedian," was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and sold for $6.2 million at a recent Sotheby’s auction.

Tron ( TRX) blockchain founder and crypto billionaire Justin Sun just ate the world’s most expensive banana. During a news conference in Hong Kong last week, the crypto billionaire ate the fruit displayed in the controversial artwork by Italian visual artist and art prankster Maurizio Cattelan.

The new owner of Maurizio Cattelan's art said it "bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.”

A banana duct-taped to a wall, conceptualized as a satirical take on the art world's extravagance, has achieved an astonishing sale price of $6.2 mil

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.

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.