Top 5: The Weirdest Things Ever Sold for Crypto

Top 5: Unusual Items Purchased with Crypto

Cryptocurrencies are not only used for investment and digital payments, but they also enable some peculiar purchases. Here, we explore five of the most unusual things ever bought with digital assets.

Private islands have become attainable for some through cryptocurrencies. In the Anambas archipelago of Indonesia, Kepri Estates offers private island rentals starting at $500k, and the Propy platform allows cryptocurrency transactions for real estate, including private islands and villas. The Beran Island Resort in the Marshall Islands lets guests pay $1 BTC for a private island rental. Payment methods vary, but typically include Bitcoin, Ether, or XRP.

Food products, even odd ones, have found their way into the crypto world. EatHot, a hot sauce brand in St. Charles, Illinois, offers Bitcoin-themed flavors like Stakin’ Satoshis, Hodl the Heat, and Hellfire Hashrate, priced at around $9 each. Customers can pay with BTC, ETH, XRP, USDC, or DOGE. Sticky Singapore, a handmade candy store, provides custom lollipops and candies for branding events, accepting BTC payments for their creations.

Virgin Galactic, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, has enabled space travel payments with Bitcoin since 2013. Suborbital flights offer passengers a few minutes of weightlessness and Earth views. In 2014, the Winklevoss twins paid for their ticket deposits using Bitcoin, and recent ticket prices are approximately $750,000 per seat. While official crypto payments are no longer promoted, individual arrangements may still apply.

The woolly mammoth tusks sold for $175,000 or 273,446 BTC in 2014 represent one of the strangest crypto transactions. Found in Yukon, Canada, these 9.5-foot-long, 120-pound tusks are legal to sell due to their extinct species status. Though not a cryptocurrency purchase, notable Winklevoss investment in Bitcoin indirectly funded the mammoth tusks’ sale.