A metaphor? NYC 'solid gold cube' crypto promo turns out to be hollow
The “solid gold cube” crypto promo that surfaced in New York this week has turned out to be hollow on the inside, with onlookers online lampooning the stunt as an appropriate critique of the extravagant promises of crypto and blockchain tech.
On Feb. 2, Artnet reported that a 24-carat 410 pound gold cube worth $11.7 million had been placed in Central Park surrounded by a “heavy security detail” as part of a promo for German artist Niclas Castello’s crypto project dubbed Castello Coin (CAST).
New in NYC: A cube made from $11.7 million worth of solid gold is sitting in Central Park—and has its own security detail: https://t.co/DTsqhgCcbc pic.twitter.com/5kXUDSVnS9
According to the project’s website, CAST will be the first crypto coin in history to “achieve its level of recognition through a unique, physical artwork” in a bid to combine the worlds of traditional finance, art and crypto. It also includes an NFT project that will be launched later this month.
“The Coin acts as a bridge between the traditional financial world of finance, the world of traditional forms of investment and traditional art, and the new world, the world of cryptocurrencies and the digital age,” the website reads.
Despite Artnet noting in its article that the “cube measures over a foot and a half on all sides and has a wall thickness of about a quarter-inch,” the publication described it as “solid gold” on Twitter and it was widely reported as such.
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Following the bombshell discovery from New York’s investigative park goers, the “solid gold cube” stunt has been clowned on by many people online, with some suggesting the hollow golden cube summarizes the common complaint that the
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