Justin Sun — the crypto entrepreneur and Chinese billionaire who purchased the viral banana-taped-to-a-wall painting for more than $6 million — shared a video on social media of himself eating the art piece.

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

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.

Cryptocurrency tycoon and Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun just ate the centerpiece of a $6.2 million controversial artwork.

The most talked-about lot of the New York auction season, the duct-taped banana by Maurizio Cattelan, sold for a hammer price of $5.2m ($6.2m with fees) at Sotheby’s New York after a seven-minute bidding war.

Tron ( TRX) blockchain founder and crypto billionaire Justin Sun just ate the world’s most expensive banana. During a news conference in Hong Kong last week, the crypto billionaire ate the fruit displayed in the controversial artwork by Italian visual artist and art prankster Maurizio Cattelan.

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.

Last week, Chinese billionaire and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought “Comedian,” a Maurizio Cattelan work of a duct-taped banana, for an eye-watering six million. On Friday, he ate it.

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.