Comedian by Maurizio Cattela & the Future of Tron

Justin Sun just did effortless marketing for the entire Tron ($TRX) ecosystem by his acquisition of Comedian by Maurizio Cattela, the viral banana :banana: art for $6.2M, this in my opinion would definitely ignite a spark that’d cause the new rally on Tron.

The banana artwork, formally titled Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan, gained global attention when it was duct-taped to a wall at Art Basel Miami in 2019 and sold for $120,000. The piece is a conceptual artwork, meaning buyers did not purchase the banana itself but a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to replace the banana once it rots. The work was seen as a commentary on value and absurdity in the art world.

It’s notoriety grew when performance artist David Datuna ate the banana in an impromptu act he called Hungry Artist, adding to it’s mystique. Cattelan is known for provocative pieces, such as a gold toilet, and this piece aligns with his tradition of challenging art’s conventions.

In the words of Justin; I believe this goes way beyond art; and could be a bridge that connects the worlds of art, memes, and cryptocurrency.

The bigger picture; with the ultralight beam spotlight on Tron, this would be absolutely bullish for the ecosystem and $20 p/TRX is barely noice, we could see higher highs.
Memes on sunpump would fly also.

Now, imagine if Justin Sun uses the IP/Licensing for a signature duct-taped Banana :banana: NFT on Tron just like Yuga Labs with BAYC and MAYC :thinking:

The question is; would you buy buy a duct-taped Banana :banana: for $6.2M? And what pricing would you consider fair for a duct-taped Banana :banana: NFT on Tron?

@Nana66419 @Prince-Onscolo @Nweke-nature1.com @ines_valerie @Youngyuppie @Chukseucharia @maaz @maqboolkhan111 @Chukseucharia @fabsltsa

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I think this is way of Justin sun marketing strategy, it’s a way to pave way for NFTs on Tron, I think he once bought a rock :rock: back then with some millions of dollars too
For me I don’t fancy it , instead invest those money :moneybag: on OG projects on Tron I believe it will really help them go a long way

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what marketing? :joy: :joy: :joy: like @Nweke-nature1.com said he bought a rock for me i did not see any impact. we have justmoney, CCC, CFT and another good projects wh can make good use of this amount. By the way I am not the one to decide what someone uses his money for :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy:

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Whaaaaat do you mean a banana for 6million and I am agreeing with @Prince-Onscolo and @Nweke-nature1.com that projects on Tron should have the support with that kind of money but I understand that Hackathon is there and I also understand that gamble is good in this bull market as we can see with the meme coin on Solana but let us all just watch and see how this particular one will work, thank you

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My own take is that, maybe, one of the forum admins should advise JS to spend this fund on forum active members next time he wants to spend such money :joy:

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Oh yeah, I was well aware of the rock :rock: purchase, it was peak NFT frenzy if I could still clearly recall, then they were derivatives of said rock throughout the ecosystem at some point, I think it caused a debacle then how Tron/Tron projects was running at a slow pace but Justin bought an NFT on ethereum rather than throwing an olive branch to Tron so I totally get what you mean.

P.S: correct me wherever I’m wrong.

In my opinion, I think we need to see the birth of more AI projects on Tron that’d give birth to more AI tokens like $FET for instance, the native token of fet . ai

Factual, that’s actually the purpose of the Hackathon. In what ways are you proposing to be the medium of sponsorship of Hackathon projects? Via grants?

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That’d be alot of money for the active members and trust me, when it comes to decisive selection based on merit, the admins would still get it wrong lol.

Yeh! :joy: he should increase the community contributer prize :smile:

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I am thinking that grants will be good, thank you

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I think he made that purchase on tron as per little I know but @Prince-Onscolo has the full clips :eyes::joy:

:joy::joy::joy::joy: let me enjoy my raggae in peace

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Hahahaha! I don’t think they will. Or at least, they can get it 95% accurate

If he can spend such amount on tape banana :banana:, he can spend same on the community who has been helping make hackaTron a success :smiley:

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Yeh … He should ! :slightly_smiling_face:

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When you say @Prince-Onscolo has the full clips, do you mean he was present in the event recording the whole time? Haha

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You know after the reggae comes the blues? It’s a Nigerian thing haha

Lol I’m just joking man, the delivery rate of the admins asper judgement has been top-notch, so far so good.

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Hehe I think he is the videographer at the event, I come in peace :joy:

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