蘇富比副總裁 Michael Bouhanna 在以藝術為主題的加密貨幣賺了 100 萬美元後被指控內幕交易

Bouhanna——不僅是蘇富比副總裁，也是他們的當代藝術專​​家以及數位藝術和 NFT 主管

Sotheby’s Vice President Michael Bouhanna has been accused of insider trading after making $1 million on an art-themed cryptocurrency, according to posts on social media and Medium.

根據社群媒體和 Medium 上的貼文顯示，蘇富比副總裁 Michael Bouhanna 在以藝術為主題的加密貨幣上賺了 100 萬美元後，被指控進行內幕交易。

Bouhanna, who is also Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Specialist and Head of Digital Art and NFTs, plays a major role in operating the fine arts auction company.

Bouhanna 也是蘇富比當代藝術專​​家以及數位藝術和 NFT 主管，在經營這家美術拍賣公司方面發揮著重要作用。

Bouhanna’s profile on the Sotheby’s website highlights his achievements in driving the company into the digital art world. But his status has also landed him in hot water after social media users found that he anonymously created a “meme coin” that quickly became wildly profitable in the cryptocurrency universe.

布哈納在蘇富比網站上的簡介強調了他在推動公司進入數位藝術世界方面所取得的成就。但在社群媒體用戶發現他匿名創建了一種「迷因幣」後，他的地位也讓他陷入了困境，該幣很快就在加密貨幣領域獲得了巨大的利潤。

The currency was based on Maurizio Cattelan’s conceptual art piece Comedian (2019), where a fresh banana is duct taped to a wall. The piece resurfaced and went viral for a second time after Sotheby’s announced that they will be featuring Cattelan’s piece in their upcoming “Now and Contemporary Evening Auction,” where it is projected to sell for $1.5 million.

該貨幣基於毛里齊奧·卡特蘭 (Maurizio Cattelan) 的概念藝術作品《喜劇演員》(Comedian)（2019 年），其中一根新鮮香蕉被用膠帶粘在牆上。在蘇富比宣布他們將在即將舉行的“現在及當代晚間拍賣”中展出卡特蘭的作品後，這件作品再次出現並再次走紅，預計售價為 150 萬美元。

After Sotheby’s announced their involvement in selling Cattelan’s piece, Bouhanna anonymously created the “meme coin” called Comedian, or $BAN. According to Art Net, the coin became profitable incredibly quickly, citing a post on Medium saying that “an initial investment of $1,795” rose to “$873,000 in merely two days.”

在蘇富比宣布參與銷售卡特蘭的作品後，布哈納匿名創建了一種名為 Comedian 或 $BAN 的「迷因幣」。據 Art Net 報道，該代幣的盈利速度令人難以置信，並援引 Medium 上的一篇帖子稱，「最初投資 1,795 美元」在短短兩天內就增加到了「873,000 美元」。

Soon after users online were able to identify Bouhanna as the creator of $BAN, suspicions about Bouhanna’s status in the digital art and cryptocurrency world spread quickly, questioning how this might have affected the coin’s profitable success.

在網路上用戶能夠識別 Bouhanna 為 $BAN 的創建者後不久，對 Bouhanna 在數位藝術和加密貨幣世界中地位的懷疑迅速蔓延，質疑這可能如何影響該代幣的盈利成功。

One particular instance of a trader profiting $1 million on the coin escalated suspicions surrounding Bouhanna, propelling accusations that the Sotheby’s Vice President used his connections in the cryptocurrency community to conduct an insider trading scheme—accusing Bouhanna of encouraging those he is connected with to buy the coin and garner more attention to it to maximize its value.

一名交易員從該代幣中獲利100 萬美元的一個特殊例子加劇了人們對Bouhanna 的懷疑，引發了對蘇富比副總裁利用其在加密貨幣社區的關係進行內幕交易計劃的指控——指責Bouhanna 鼓勵與他有聯繫的人購買該代幣。

Bouhanna wrote a lengthy post on X profusely denying the accusations of insider trading, saying that he did not “promote BAN or encourage anyone to buy it” and that the accusation that he profited $1 million dollars from the coin is “completely false.”

Bouhanna 在X 上發表了一篇長文，極力否認有關內幕交易的指控，稱他沒有“提倡BAN 或鼓勵任何人購買它”，並且他從該代幣中獲利100 萬美元的指控“完全錯誤」。

Bouhanna said that he chose to launch the coin anonymously because of his status in the art world and involvement with its auction company, not expecting it to go viral.

布哈納表示，他選擇匿名發行這枚硬幣是因為他在藝術界的地位以及與拍賣公司的關係，並沒有想到它會像病毒一樣傳播開來。

“When I created BAN, I shared the link with a small group of friends with whom I often exchange NFT and memecoin projects, again without advising them to buy it,” said Bouhanna.

Bouhanna 表示：“當我創建 BAN 時，我與一小群朋友分享了這個鏈接，我經常與他們交換 NFT 和 memecoin 項目，但同樣沒有建議他們購買。”

Bouhanna cited his creation of the coin not to Comedian’s current virality, but to his appreciation for its “conceptual questioning of value,” calling his actions a “satirical critique” and “a pointed commentary on the volatile, meme-driven crypto market.”

Bouhanna 引用他創造這種貨幣的原因並不是喜劇演員目前的病毒式傳播，而是他對其「價值概念質疑」的讚賞，稱他的行為是「諷刺性批評」和「對不穩定的、迷因驅動的加密市場的尖銳評論」。

He also denied Sotheby’s affiliation with the coin or the profits that might have been derived from it.

他也否認蘇富比與該硬幣有任何關係或可能從中獲得的利潤。

Sotheby’s has yet to comment on the controversy as they continue to prepare for the widely anticipated auction of Cattelan’s Comedian later this month.

蘇富比尚未對這一爭議發表評論，因為他們仍在為本月晚些時候廣受期待的卡特蘭喜劇演員拍賣做準備。