German Artist Shows Gold Cubes In New York's Central Park To Promote His Cryptocurrency

Over the past few days, huge screens in Times Square have displayed mysterious coordinates: N 40° 46′ 22″ / W 73° 58′ 17″. As it turns out, this is where the a solid gold cube was put on display for the public to see. The 186-kilogram, $11.7 million installation by German artist Niclas Castello attracted a lot of attention from the public and required a lot of effort from park security to ensure this from any attempted robbery.

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German artist Niclas Castello created a solid gold cube and placed it in the center of the largest park in Manhattan, as it turned out, it was an original publicity stunt designed to draw attention to his new cryptocurrency which he named “Castello”.

The cube is made of pure 24 carat 999.9 gold, weighs 186 kilograms, the cost of the original artwork was $11.7 million and took over 4500 hours to create it. The middle of the sculpture is hollow. The length of the cube wall is about half a meter, and the thickness is a little less than a centimeter.

The work of art, named "Castello CUBE", was made at the H. Rüetschi foundry in Aarau, Switzerland. It required a traditional hand-operated kiln, large enough to hold the entire volume of gold, to make it.

After the cube was display in Central Park, it was moved to a private gala dinner on Wall Street and attended by a large number of celebrities.