{"id":56018,"date":"2022-01-17T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=56018"},"modified":"2025-09-04T04:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:22:59","slug":"sothebys-to-auction-rare-black-diamond-with-payment-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sothebys-to-auction-rare-black-diamond-with-payment-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby\u2019s to auction rare black diamond with payment in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sotheby\u2019s announced the auction of the rare black diamond The Enigma, weighing 555.55 carats. The auction house will accept payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Centre consortium&#8217;s USDC stablecoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018The Enigma\u2019 \u2014 a treasure from interstellar space and the largest faceted diamond to ever come to auction is unveiled today in Sotheby\u2019s Dubai <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1nyUAsTe8j\">https:\/\/t.co\/1nyUAsTe8j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SothebysDiamonds?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SothebysDiamonds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blackdiamond?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blackdiamond<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SothebysJewels?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SothebysJewels<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s713AVo14c\">pic.twitter.com\/s713AVo14c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sotheby\u2019s (@Sothebys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys\/status\/1483025461735211008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The auction will run from 3 to 9 February.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby\u2019s representatives noted that the decision to accept cryptocurrency as payment reflects the fact that digital assets have begun to leave their mark on the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/hrwiki.ru\/wiki\/Physical_art\">physical art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 The Enigma was listed in the Guinness World Records as the largest cut diamond in the world. Its origin is linked to the fall of a meteorite. Another version suggests it is a fragment of a meteor that collided with Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The auction will be without a reserve price. It will go to the highest bidder, regardless of market value.<\/p>\n<p>From January 17 to 20, The Enigma will be on display at Sotheby\u2019s gallery in the Dubai International Financial Centre, January 24\u201326 in Los Angeles, and February 2\u20139 in London.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in July 2021, Sotheby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sothebys-sold-a-rare-101-38-carat-diamond-for-12-3-million-in-cryptocurrency\">sold a rare diamond<\/a> weighing 101.38 carats for $12.3 million in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sotheby\u2019s announced the auction of the rare black diamond The Enigma, weighing 555.55 carats. The auction house will accept payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Centre consortium&#8217;s USDC stablecoin from Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[526],"class_list":["post-56018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-auction"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"5","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56019,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56018\/revisions\/56019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}