Bitcoin Themed Art Piece Sells For $130000 in Christie’s Auction

Bitcoin is entering the mainstream through art, apparently. An anonymous purchaser recently spent $131,250 in fiat dollars to purchase “Block 21,” a piece of art created by Ben Gentill of Robert Alice. Robert Alice is a London-based art project focused on promoting blockchain. The piece, which involves a physical slab and a digital token (non-fungible), is one piece of a series of works known as “Portraits of a Mind.” Christie’s, which sold this specific piece at auction, noted that $131,250 is more than “s