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 duct-taped banana artwork, asserting its conceptual value and drawing parallels to digital assets like NFTs.

What Happened: Sun, who outbid six others at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Nov. 20, consumed the pricey fruit at a news conference in Hong Kong on Friday.

The artwork, named “Comedian,” was initially presented by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan at the Art Basel Fair Miami in 2019.

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“To be honest, for a banana with such a back story, the taste is naturally different from an ordinary one,” Sun posted on X, formerly Twitter.

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