They Love Crypto. They’re Trying to Buy the Constitution.

How a “financial flash mob” is trying to raise $20 million for a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution.

In September 1787, a group of delegates gathered in Philadelphia to sign the U.S. Constitution.

This week, a hastily organized crypto-collective is trying to buy it.

The group, called ConstitutionDAO, is a seat-of-the-pants experiment by thousands of cryptocurrency fans who have pooled their money to make a bid on a rare original printing of the Constitution. The document, one of only 13 surviving copies, is being auctioned on Thursday by Sotheby’s, which estimates it will sell for $15 million to $20 million.