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A $6.2 Million Banana! Crypto Pioneer Justin Sun’s Bold Acquisition Leaves Critics Split

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The founder of a notable cryptocurrency platform surprised everyone after making an unexpected purchase of a bizarre piece of “art.”

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Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun is now in possession of the controversial banana duct-taped to a wall artwork which some analysts suggest might be integrated into Sun’s digital asset platform using the APENFT.

Converting Art Into NFTs

Maurizio Cattelan’s iconic masterpiece “Comedian” has been purchased by the TRON founder for a whopping $6.2 million. Like many people around the world, Sun seems to have been captivated by the “banana duct-taped on a wall” art.

Some observers said that Sun saw something beyond the beauty of the artwork, suggesting that the crypto entrepreneur might be interested in using the art in his blockchain ecosystem.

Analysts believe that Justin Sun incorporates the artwork he has been collecting into the TRON network with the help of APENFT, saying that Sun’s true objective in art collection is to convert these masterpieces into non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Under the crypto platform, its TRC-721 NFT standard permits the creation and transaction of digital art.

The crypto platform is known to be the third largest chain when talking about total value locked (TVL). DeFiLlama estimated that the network dominates nearly 7% of the TVL market with its 34 protocols.

As of Thursday, the market cap of cryptocurrencies reached $3.18 trillion. Chart: TradingView

A Symbolic Gesture?

Reports said that the TRON executive purchasing the banana duct-taped on a wall art might be a “symbolic gesture” to incorporate the artwork into the digital NFTs space.

The APENFT Foundation established by the crypto founder buys artworks. Then, it turns these masterpieces into digitally viewable pieces on the APENFT Virtual Museum in the metaverse Cryptovoxels.

Justin Sun

TRON Founder Justin Sun. Image: Kryptomoney

Analysts said that the APENFT Marketplace, an NFT trading platform launched by APENFT on TRON, features collections like TPunks and TronMe. The crypto network also has TronVerse, a play-to-earn game that uses NFTs.

With the help of the platform’s TRC-721 standard and the APENFT ecosystem, the crypto entrepreneur can create an art display in the metaverse and place TRON as a major NFT player.

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Other Art Collections

As an art collector, Justin Sun has been investing in acquiring top artworks. Sun viewed the “Comedian” as more than a banana on duct tape.

“It represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community,” he said.

Reports said that the TRON founder was able to beat the bids of six other individuals to take home the contemporary artwork.

Aside from the “Comedian”, Sun previously purchased Alberto Giacometti’s “Le Nez” for $78.4 million in an auction in 2021. He also shelled out $20 million to acquire one of the masterpieces of the renowned painter Pablo Picasso.

The crypto founder is also the proud owner of Andy Warhol’s Three Self-Portraits which he bought for $2 million during Christie’s 20th Century Art Evening Sale.

Featured image from Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images/AFP, chart from TradingView

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