A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work Comedian - a banana duct-taped to a wall - at Sotheby's auction house in New York.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday (Nov 29) fulfilled a promise he made after spending US$6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall – by eating the fruit. Read more at The Business Times.

Justin Sun, who purchased the work just last week, also pledged to buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who originally sold the fruit for $0.25

Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur who paid $6.2 million for a duct-taped banana art piece, says he wants to buy 100,000 more from the original fruit vendor. The viral artwork, titled "Comedian,

The Manhattan vendor who sold the banana only received 25 cents. Now, the buyer of the conceptual work has offered the fruit stand a bigger payday.

Crypto mogul Justin Sun made headlines once again on Friday as he fulfilled a quirky promise made after purchasing a piece of conceptual art worth $6.2 million. The artwork, titled Comedian, created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan,

Justin Sun, a Chinese cryptocurrency businessman, bought 'Comedian', a piece by Maurizio Cattelan, at auction last week.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun has fulfilled a promise he made after spending R112 million on an artwork featuring a banana taped to a wall.