Fifteen years after a programmer had traded 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, the Crypto-community Bitcoin Pizza Day marked with record-breaking parties.
In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid around $ 41 for a few dad John’s cakes in what the first well-known Real-World Bitcoin transaction became. Today those coins would be worth $ 1.11 billion on Bitcoin’s new all -time $ 111,000, registered during the Asian session.
“It was exciting to get real pizza for Bitcoin then,” Hanyecz told one outletAdding that he is quite stoic about $ 1 billion appreciation.
Global giveaway
The birthday has drawn a global reaction and combines nostalgia with bravoure billion dollars.
Binance led the operating costs with a $ 5 million Bitcoin -reference poolCovering payments for $ 40 per pair to nod to the original pizza deal.
“From two pizzas to a worldwide financial movement … We mark Bitcoin Pizza Day with the largest BTC references to give away in history – $ 5 million,” said Binance CMO Rachel Conlan. The exchange also rolled out pizza trucks and organized parties in cities worldwide.
Competitors were not far behind. BTSE launched one $ 5.22 million USDT -HandelspietFollowing the date with a BTC appearance of 5.22% and a photo competition with pizza theme. HTX offered “surprise gifts” $ 200,000 In a two-week campaign supported by seven Tron partners, while Mexc’s’Wellswiel“Spun for more than $ 100,000 in BTC and tokens.
Events from Buenos Aires to Dubai include DIY-Streams, Coordinated by the community guided Meetups and Giveaways with brand tires, coordinated via the new Pizza Day Hub.
The institutional wave that flows in Bitcoin now clashes with Grassroots -celebration and changed what started as a meme in a marketing -supercycle.
Some observers wonder whether the massive giveaway actions of Pizza Day attract real users or only register registration statistics. But the lunch of billion dollars continues to exist as proof that every meme in this market might simply change in money.
