A fresh banana taped to a wall — a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan — was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby’s announced in a statement. The debut of the edible creation entitled “Comedian” at the Art Basel show in […]
A fishing village and tourist hot spot in southwest Iceland was evacuated late Wednesday after a volcano erupted in the region for the seventh time in a year, officials said. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) reported an eruption of the Sundhnukagigar volcanic fissure outside the village of Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsula at 2314 GMT. […]
Bitcoin hit a record Thursday, topping $95,000 for the first time as it benefits from expectations that president-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to ease regulation of the unit. The digital currency reached $95,004.50 in early Asian trade, with observers expecting it to soon reach $100,000. Traders have been piling into the unit since […]