On the surface, it’s a funny curiosity of a story. But Justin Sun’s involvement takes this into something far more insidious.

The vendor who sold the banana received only a quarter for the fruit. The buyer of the conceptual work has offered his stand a bigger payday, but logistical problems may be in the way.

Upon hearing how much Sun bought the fruit for, the vendor, Shah Alam, was in disbelief. Sun then promised to buy 100,000 more bananas from Alam, or $25,000 worth of produce, in a series of posts on X/Twitter.

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.

This banana may have just become the world’s most expensive snack. Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun has eaten the fruit he purchased as part of Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian for a cool $6.2 million.

In a surprising blend of art, crypto wealth, and performance, billionaire Justin Sun has made headlines by eating a banana he purchased for $6.2 million. The banana, a central piece in Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian,

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit.

The crypto entrepreneur who bought a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 million ate the artwork. Justin Sun chowed down on the banana proclaiming, "It’s much better than other bananas. It’s really quite good.