{"id":57626,"date":"2022-02-12T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57626"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:38:48","slug":"sothebys-sells-555-55-carat-black-diamond-the-enigma-for-4-29-million-in-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sothebys-sells-555-55-carat-black-diamond-the-enigma-for-4-29-million-in-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby\u2019s sells 555.55-carat black diamond The Enigma for $4.29 million in cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The auction house Sotheby\u2019s sold the rare black diamond The Enigma, weighing 555.55 carats, for $4.29 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AuctionUpdate?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#AuctionUpdate<\/a> \u00abThe Enigma\u00bb: This 555.55 carat Black Diamond sold today for \u00a33,161,000 \/ $4,292,322. The buyer has opted to use cryptocurrency for the purchase. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SothebysJewels?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#SothebysJewels<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZuiL9SxET8\\\">pic.twitter.com\/ZuiL9SxET8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sotheby\u2019s (@Sothebys) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys\/status\/1491469014337572866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The buyer paid for the diamond in cryptocurrency, but the exact currency was not specified. Sotheby\u2019s accepted Bitcoin, Ethereum and the stablecoin USDC from the Centre consortium.<\/p>\n<p>The auction house did not disclose the buyer\u2019s name, but identified him as entrepreneur Richard Heart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">I won the world\u2019s largest cut diamond for our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HEXican?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#HEXican<\/a> cultural heritage! It\u2019ll be called the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLZsmWqXG0\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/mLZsmWqXG0<\/a> diamond, it weighs 555.55 carats and has 55 facets. Congratulations to all you <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HEXicans?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#HEXicans<\/a> with #5555 club <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLZsmWqXG0\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/mLZsmWqXG0<\/a> tattoos. Let\u2019s all win together! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/37mfTGbzMe\\\">pic.twitter.com\/37mfTGbzMe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Heart ETH FORK PulseChain.com,PulseX.com!\u2741 (@RichardHeartWin) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardHeartWin\/status\/1491429313803030531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, The Enigma earned a place in the Guinness World Records as the largest-cut diamond in the world. Its origin is linked to a meteorite fall. An alternative version claims it is a fragment of an asteroid that struck the Earth.<\/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\u2019s 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>The auction house Sotheby\u2019s sold the rare black diamond The Enigma weighing 555.55 carats for $4.29 million.<\/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":[526,1269],"class_list":["post-57626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-auction","tag-cryptocurrencies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57626","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=57626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57627,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57626\/revisions\/57627"}],"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=57626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}