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Treasury yields edge higher as investors gear up for Powell testimony and big week for earnings, data

2021-07-13

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A 101-carat diamond just sold for $12.3 million -- in crypto

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However, a number of fixed-income strategists continue to hold the view that the benchmark bond yield will drift back up toward 2% by the end of 2021. </p> <p>Markets are awaiting additional insights about the economy to better assess the outlook for financial markets and businesses. </p> <p>Powell is scheduled to deliver the Fed's semiannual report to Congress on the state of the U.S. economy starting on Wednesday. Central bank officials have said that they believe pricing pressures will be short-lived. A Fed report out last week indicated that supply-chain bottlenecks are creating inflation that could be \"more lasting but temporary.\" How investors interpret the term \"temporary\" might raise some anxieties. </p> <p>Before Powell's testimony, the consumer-price index on Tuesday is expected to underscore a run-up in inflation as the economy emerges from the deadliest pandemic in generations. </p> <p>Earnings season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday with the likes of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">$(JPM)$</a> and Goldman Sachs<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">$(GS)$</a> reporting. Investors view those financial institutions as bellwethers for the health of the economy. </p> <p>Monday's auction of $38 billion in 10-year Treasury notes produced solid results, with the notes awarded at a 1.371% yield that was just below the when-issued yield. 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How Treasurys are performing  On Friday , the 2-year, 10-year and 30-year Treasurys all notched back-to-back weekly declines, as equity markets booked a trifecta of record highs.  Fixed-income drivers  The spread of COVID-19's Delta variant has been partly blamed for recent buying in government debt, which has pushed prices higher and yields lower. However, a number of fixed-income strategists continue to hold the view that the benchmark bond yield will drift back up toward 2% by the end of 2021.  Markets are awaiting additional insights about the economy to better assess the outlook for financial markets and businesses.  Powell is scheduled to deliver the Fed's semiannual report to Congress on the state of the U.S. economy starting on Wednesday. Central bank officials have said that they believe pricing pressures will be short-lived. A Fed report out last week indicated that supply-chain bottlenecks are creating inflation that could be \"more lasting but temporary.\" How investors interpret the term \"temporary\" might raise some anxieties.  Before Powell's testimony, the consumer-price index on Tuesday is expected to underscore a run-up in inflation as the economy emerges from the deadliest pandemic in generations.  Earnings season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday with the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co. $(JPM)$ and Goldman Sachs$(GS)$ reporting. Investors view those financial institutions as bellwethers for the health of the economy.  Monday's auction of $38 billion in 10-year Treasury notes produced solid results, with the notes awarded at a 1.371% yield that was just below the when-issued yield. Meanwhile, a sale of three-year notes was awarded at 0.4260%.  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Perhaps more surprising is the 247-year-old auction house allowing the buyer to pay in cryptocurrency.</p>\n<p>The Key 10138 diamond, a 101-carat pear-shaped diamond named to \"symbolize the unlocking of a new era in commerce and technology,\" sold for $12.3 million to an anonymous buyer last Friday at Sotheby's Hong Kong. It's the most expensive gem ever purchased with cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby's.</p>\n<p>The auction house announced last month that it would accept both bitcoin and Ether in addition to traditional payment for the diamond, although it did not disclose which crypto was used in the purchase of The Key 10138.</p>\n<p>\"The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity's newest universal currency,\" Wenhao Yu, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry in Asia, said in a statement .</p>\n<p>The use of crypto will allow the auction house to reach a new clientele, \"many of whom are from the digitally savvy generation,\" Yu said in a press release.</p>\n<p>Sotheby's first accepted cryptocurrency in the sale of Banksy's protest image.</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2151185530","content_text":"An anonymous buyer purchased the pear-shaped diamond with cryptocurrency, making it the most valuable gem ever bought with the technology.\n\nA dazzling diamond selling for millions at auction is nothing new for Sotheby's. 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It's the most expensive gem ever purchased with cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby's.\nThe auction house announced last month that it would accept both bitcoin and Ether in addition to traditional payment for the diamond, although it did not disclose which crypto was used in the purchase of The Key 10138.\n\"The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity's newest universal currency,\" Wenhao Yu, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry in Asia, said in a statement .\nThe use of crypto will allow the auction house to reach a new clientele, \"many of whom are from the digitally savvy generation,\" Yu said in a press release.\nSotheby's first accepted cryptocurrency in the sale of Banksy's protest image.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":152,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":142182711,"gmtCreate":1626136713833,"gmtModify":1703753986800,"author":{"id":"4088258437060700","authorId":"4088258437060700","name":"JosephineT","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4088258437060700","authorIdStr":"4088258437060700"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Woww","listText":"Woww","text":"Woww","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/142182711","repostId":"2151108537","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2151108537","kind":"highlight","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Dow Jones publishes the world’s most trusted business news and financial information in a variety of media.","home_visible":0,"media_name":"Dow Jones","id":"106","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99"},"pubTimestamp":1626123000,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2151108537?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-13 04:50","market":"hk","language":"en","title":"Treasury yields edge higher as investors gear up for Powell testimony and big week for earnings, data","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2151108537","media":"Dow Jones","summary":"Yields for long-dated U.S. government debt on Monday edged higher as investors awaited a batch of im","content":"<span>Yields for long-dated U.S. government debt on Monday edged higher as investors awaited a batch of important economic reports, notably data on inflation, due later in the week, as well as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. </span> \n<br> \n<font face=\"Arial\"> <p> Investors also keyed in on Monday's 10-year Treasury auction after the benchmark bond skidded below 1.3% last week, hitting a low not seen since February. </p> <p>How Treasurys are performing </p> <p>On Friday , the 2-year, 10-year and 30-year Treasurys all notched back-to-back weekly declines, as equity markets booked a trifecta of record highs. </p> <p>Fixed-income drivers </p> <p>The spread of COVID-19's Delta variant has been partly blamed for recent buying in government debt, which has pushed prices higher and yields lower. However, a number of fixed-income strategists continue to hold the view that the benchmark bond yield will drift back up toward 2% by the end of 2021. </p> <p>Markets are awaiting additional insights about the economy to better assess the outlook for financial markets and businesses. </p> <p>Powell is scheduled to deliver the Fed's semiannual report to Congress on the state of the U.S. economy starting on Wednesday. Central bank officials have said that they believe pricing pressures will be short-lived. A Fed report out last week indicated that supply-chain bottlenecks are creating inflation that could be \"more lasting but temporary.\" How investors interpret the term \"temporary\" might raise some anxieties. </p> <p>Before Powell's testimony, the consumer-price index on Tuesday is expected to underscore a run-up in inflation as the economy emerges from the deadliest pandemic in generations. </p> <p>Earnings season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday with the likes of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">$(JPM)$</a> and Goldman Sachs<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">$(GS)$</a> reporting. Investors view those financial institutions as bellwethers for the health of the economy. </p> <p>Monday's auction of $38 billion in 10-year Treasury notes produced solid results, with the notes awarded at a 1.371% yield that was just below the when-issued yield. Meanwhile, a sale of three-year notes was awarded at 0.4260%. </p> <p>Meanwhile, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams spoke to reporters after a virtual event on Monday, saying that the Fed's purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities are affecting both interest rates and financial conditions. </p> <p>There were no major data releases Monday. </p> <p>What strategists and traders say </p> <p> \"The 10-year auction confirmed the repositioning that began last week, when demand for longer-end Treasuries was not completely satisfied by large buying waves in the secondary market,\" Jim Vogel, executive vice president at FHN Financial, said in a phone interview with MarketWatch. </p></font>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Treasury yields edge higher as investors gear up for Powell testimony and big week for earnings, data</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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However, a number of fixed-income strategists continue to hold the view that the benchmark bond yield will drift back up toward 2% by the end of 2021. </p> <p>Markets are awaiting additional insights about the economy to better assess the outlook for financial markets and businesses. </p> <p>Powell is scheduled to deliver the Fed's semiannual report to Congress on the state of the U.S. economy starting on Wednesday. Central bank officials have said that they believe pricing pressures will be short-lived. A Fed report out last week indicated that supply-chain bottlenecks are creating inflation that could be \"more lasting but temporary.\" How investors interpret the term \"temporary\" might raise some anxieties. </p> <p>Before Powell's testimony, the consumer-price index on Tuesday is expected to underscore a run-up in inflation as the economy emerges from the deadliest pandemic in generations. </p> <p>Earnings season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday with the likes of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">$(JPM)$</a> and Goldman Sachs<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">$(GS)$</a> reporting. Investors view those financial institutions as bellwethers for the health of the economy. </p> <p>Monday's auction of $38 billion in 10-year Treasury notes produced solid results, with the notes awarded at a 1.371% yield that was just below the when-issued yield. Meanwhile, a sale of three-year notes was awarded at 0.4260%. </p> <p>Meanwhile, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams spoke to reporters after a virtual event on Monday, saying that the Fed's purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities are affecting both interest rates and financial conditions. </p> <p>There were no major data releases Monday. </p> <p>What strategists and traders say </p> <p> \"The 10-year auction confirmed the repositioning that began last week, when demand for longer-end Treasuries was not completely satisfied by large buying waves in the secondary market,\" Jim Vogel, executive vice president at FHN Financial, said in a phone interview with MarketWatch. </p></font>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"JPM":"摩根大通","GS":"高盛","POWL":"Powell Industries"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2151108537","content_text":"Yields for long-dated U.S. government debt on Monday edged higher as investors awaited a batch of important economic reports, notably data on inflation, due later in the week, as well as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. \n\n  Investors also keyed in on Monday's 10-year Treasury auction after the benchmark bond skidded below 1.3% last week, hitting a low not seen since February.  How Treasurys are performing  On Friday , the 2-year, 10-year and 30-year Treasurys all notched back-to-back weekly declines, as equity markets booked a trifecta of record highs.  Fixed-income drivers  The spread of COVID-19's Delta variant has been partly blamed for recent buying in government debt, which has pushed prices higher and yields lower. However, a number of fixed-income strategists continue to hold the view that the benchmark bond yield will drift back up toward 2% by the end of 2021.  Markets are awaiting additional insights about the economy to better assess the outlook for financial markets and businesses.  Powell is scheduled to deliver the Fed's semiannual report to Congress on the state of the U.S. economy starting on Wednesday. Central bank officials have said that they believe pricing pressures will be short-lived. A Fed report out last week indicated that supply-chain bottlenecks are creating inflation that could be \"more lasting but temporary.\" How investors interpret the term \"temporary\" might raise some anxieties.  Before Powell's testimony, the consumer-price index on Tuesday is expected to underscore a run-up in inflation as the economy emerges from the deadliest pandemic in generations.  Earnings season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday with the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co. $(JPM)$ and Goldman Sachs$(GS)$ reporting. Investors view those financial institutions as bellwethers for the health of the economy.  Monday's auction of $38 billion in 10-year Treasury notes produced solid results, with the notes awarded at a 1.371% yield that was just below the when-issued yield. Meanwhile, a sale of three-year notes was awarded at 0.4260%.  Meanwhile, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams spoke to reporters after a virtual event on Monday, saying that the Fed's purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities are affecting both interest rates and financial conditions.  There were no major data releases Monday.  What strategists and traders say   \"The 10-year auction confirmed the repositioning that began last week, when demand for longer-end Treasuries was not completely satisfied by large buying waves in the secondary market,\" Jim Vogel, executive vice president at FHN Financial, said in a phone interview with MarketWatch.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":102,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":142182144,"gmtCreate":1626136688388,"gmtModify":1703753986138,"author":{"id":"4088258437060700","authorId":"4088258437060700","name":"JosephineT","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4088258437060700","authorIdStr":"4088258437060700"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Woww","listText":"Woww","text":"Woww","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/142182144","repostId":"2151185530","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2151185530","kind":"highlight","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Dow Jones publishes the world’s most trusted business news and financial information in a variety of media.","home_visible":0,"media_name":"Dow Jones","id":"106","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99"},"pubTimestamp":1626130620,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2151185530?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-13 06:57","market":"hk","language":"en","title":"A 101-carat diamond just sold for $12.3 million -- in crypto","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2151185530","media":"Dow Jones","summary":"An anonymous buyer purchased the pear-shaped diamond with cryptocurrency, making it the most valuabl","content":"<blockquote>\n An anonymous buyer purchased the pear-shaped diamond with cryptocurrency, making it the most valuable gem ever bought with the technology.\n</blockquote>\n<p>A dazzling diamond selling for millions at auction is nothing new for Sotheby's. Perhaps more surprising is the 247-year-old auction house allowing the buyer to pay in cryptocurrency.</p>\n<p>The Key 10138 diamond, a 101-carat pear-shaped diamond named to \"symbolize the unlocking of a new era in commerce and technology,\" sold for $12.3 million to an anonymous buyer last Friday at Sotheby's Hong Kong. It's the most expensive gem ever purchased with cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby's.</p>\n<p>The auction house announced last month that it would accept both bitcoin and Ether in addition to traditional payment for the diamond, although it did not disclose which crypto was used in the purchase of The Key 10138.</p>\n<p>\"The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity's newest universal currency,\" Wenhao Yu, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry in Asia, said in a statement .</p>\n<p>The use of crypto will allow the auction house to reach a new clientele, \"many of whom are from the digitally savvy generation,\" Yu said in a press release.</p>\n<p>Sotheby's first accepted cryptocurrency in the sale of Banksy's protest image.</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>A 101-carat diamond just sold for $12.3 million -- in crypto</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nA 101-carat diamond just sold for $12.3 million -- in crypto\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<div class=\"head\" \">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Dow Jones </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2021-07-13 06:57</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<blockquote>\n An anonymous buyer purchased the pear-shaped diamond with cryptocurrency, making it the most valuable gem ever bought with the technology.\n</blockquote>\n<p>A dazzling diamond selling for millions at auction is nothing new for Sotheby's. Perhaps more surprising is the 247-year-old auction house allowing the buyer to pay in cryptocurrency.</p>\n<p>The Key 10138 diamond, a 101-carat pear-shaped diamond named to \"symbolize the unlocking of a new era in commerce and technology,\" sold for $12.3 million to an anonymous buyer last Friday at Sotheby's Hong Kong. It's the most expensive gem ever purchased with cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby's.</p>\n<p>The auction house announced last month that it would accept both bitcoin and Ether in addition to traditional payment for the diamond, although it did not disclose which crypto was used in the purchase of The Key 10138.</p>\n<p>\"The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity's newest universal currency,\" Wenhao Yu, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry in Asia, said in a statement .</p>\n<p>The use of crypto will allow the auction house to reach a new clientele, \"many of whom are from the digitally savvy generation,\" Yu said in a press release.</p>\n<p>Sotheby's first accepted cryptocurrency in the sale of Banksy's protest image.</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2151185530","content_text":"An anonymous buyer purchased the pear-shaped diamond with cryptocurrency, making it the most valuable gem ever bought with the technology.\n\nA dazzling diamond selling for millions at auction is nothing new for Sotheby's. 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It's the most expensive gem ever purchased with cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby's.\nThe auction house announced last month that it would accept both bitcoin and Ether in addition to traditional payment for the diamond, although it did not disclose which crypto was used in the purchase of The Key 10138.\n\"The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity's newest universal currency,\" Wenhao Yu, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry in Asia, said in a statement .\nThe use of crypto will allow the auction house to reach a new clientele, \"many of whom are from the digitally savvy generation,\" Yu said in a press release.\nSotheby's first accepted cryptocurrency in the sale of Banksy's protest image.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":152,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}