Crypto billionaire behind Upper West Side’s priciest townhouse trade
A cryptocurrency company appears to be behind the Upper West Side’s most expensive townhouse sale. An entity tied to Brendan Blumer, CEO of the crypto company Block.one, which was behind a controversial $4 billion token issuance in 2017, paid $45 million for the Upper West Side megamansion at 48-50 West 69th Street, The Real Deal has learned. Property records show that a 2025 tax refund following a $45 million sale that year was issued to an address in the Cayman Islands tied to Block.one, Blumer’s company. In New York City, the same LLC was the buyer of a 4,500-square-foot penthouse at […]
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