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 on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.On Friday Sun denied that the investment -- which made him the largest investor in the project -- was an attempt to influence Trump or American politics.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who 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.