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Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto

Summary by Hyperallergic
Crypto mogul Justin Sun is — unsurprisingly — making another controversial investment decision, and this time, we wish it were just an overpriced fruit duct-taped to a wall.  Last Wednesday, July 9, the notorious buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” (2019) announced that he is purchasing $100 million worth of President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency token, $TRUMP. Already the largest holder of the so-called “meme coin” — a novelty coin with no…

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The cryptocurrency market is preparing for a new boom with the imminent unlocking of a memecoin linked to the figure of Donald Trump, which would seek to capitalize on the interest both economic and media around the former president. Analysts are closely following development, as it could mark a new milestone on how politics and the crypto sector converge to generate wealth and volatility. *** Scheduled unlocking of a Trump-inspired memecoin tes…

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