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'Bitcoin Sign Guy' Is Auctioning His Bitcoin Sign
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Marc Hochstein is the executive editor of Consensus, CoinDesk's flagship event. He holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1K and de minimis amounts of other digital assets (details on profile page).

Christian Langalis, whose photo-bombing of Janet Yellen became a viral meme, is auctioning the"Buy Bitcoin" sign he held up behind the then-Federal Reserve chair during her televised Congressional testimony in July 2017.The sign, which Langalis drew on a lined yellow legal pad with a fine-point pen , will beIn an interview with CoinDesk, Langalis said he would use the proceeds to fund his company, Tirrel Corp.

– to fetch, Langalis said,"I try not to think about it." However, he said that in recent weeks he received a private offer to buy the sign for five BTC, roughly $350,000 at recent prices. There is no reserve bid, or minimum price, he said. Bidding for the sign will commence on April 18 and run for a week on Scarce City, but final bids will be entertained in person on April 24 at, a bitcoin-themed dive bar in New York ."It's a way to celebrate with the community," Langalis said.to bitcoin. After pulling the stunt, he was escorted out of the House Financial Services hearing room for violating committee rules, he said. By that time, the image was being widely shared on social media, although he didn't know it yet.

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