Photographer Captures Exact Moment 1 Bitcoin = $1 Million (And The Owner Yawns)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 - A little-known photographer today sold exclusive rights to an image capturing the precise moment one Bitcoin reached a value of $1 million. However, the photo's unwitting subject, a man yawning at a cafe, seems utterly oblivious to his place in cryptocurrency history.

The image shows the man casually checking his phone at a coffee shop, as the Bitcoin price milestone happens to flash up onscreen behind him. "I took the shot at 1:03pm and 13 seconds - bang on the moment $1 million was reached for the first time," said the photographer, who wished to remain anonymous. "Though I knew it was something special as I framed it, the irony is he probably didn't even notice!"

The man in the photo, whose identity remains unknown, has unwittingly recorded himself into the annals of crypto-history. For some, he is the everyman symbolizing the blase disregard many show towards the revolutionary technology and speculative fortune in their midst. For his part, the photographer declined to reveal any details that might identify the man, perhaps sensing the wry comedy of capturing a historic moment that continues unacknowledged.

The image is set to become an iconic representation of crypto's frontier spirit and absurd excesses in equal measure. Its place in marketing materials, memes, and portfolios of crypto believers is now assured, even if the subject retains blithe ignorance of posterity and proceeds not his own. In the end, he will live on as an abstraction, famous for fame and fortune not his own but rather that grasped unknowingly as fossil. The bizarre story offers a wry reminder: in crypto, even unwitting symbols happen.