Techie out to prove himself

New record: Metakovan (right) caused a stir in the art world when he purchased this costly piece of digital art (left) by Beeple at a Christie’s auction. — The Straits Times/ANN

HE may have spent a record US$69mil (RM283mil) worth of cryptocurrency on a piece of digital art, but entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan insists he is just an “ordinary” man with no real estate to his name, at least not in the “real world”.

“I don’t have a car, I don’t have a house. I am a minimalist, ” says the 32-year-old, whom The Sunday Times met for dinner at his favourite restaurant in Little India.