Overview
- Italian artist Valentina Picozzi’s bronze “disappearing” figure is the sixth in a planned 21-piece global series that nods to Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap.
- Twenty One Capital organized the installation after beginning to trade on the exchange as XXI this week, with Bloomberg reporting a roughly 19% drop on its debut.
- Coverage links the unveiling to Dec. 10, 2008, the anniversary of the Bitcoin mailing list that helped launch the project’s early community.
- Public companies, private firms, countries and ETFs now hold more than 3.7 million BTC collectively, according to data cited from Bitbo.
- The campaign has faced real-world risks, including an August theft in Lugano in which a sister statue was cut from its base and dumped in Lake Lugano, prompting a 0.1 BTC reward for information.