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

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

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

The controversial work, which instantly went viral when it debuted at Art Basel in 2019, beat estimates several times over.

The winning bidder of Maurizio Cattelan’s famed banana duct-taped to a wall installation immediately pulled it off the wall and ate it. This isn't the first time this has happened.

It’s the $6.2 million snack. Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday scoffed down the duct-taped banana he bought for $6.2 million, adding extra absurdity to the absurdist art sale. Sun, 34, chomped down on the fruit in front of reporters in Hong Kong in what he called an “iconic” stunt,

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun ate the pricey snack at a news conference where guests were given bananas and duct tape to create their own versions.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana taped to a wall — aka "Comedian," by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan — and then ate it during a press conference in Hong Kong on Friday.

The crypto entrepreneur who bought a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 million last week has eaten it. Before taking a bite, Sun sang the praises of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, arguing conceptual art was similar to cryptocurrency as he described the banana as “iconic.