Bitcoin Pizza Day isn’t just a crypto holiday anymore. It’s a billion-dollar origin story. Fifteen years ago, a Florida programmer traded 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. Today, those same coins are worth over $1.1 billion — and Bitcoin just smashed through $111,800, setting a new all-time high on the exact anniversary of the first real-world Bitcoin transaction.
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You couldn’t script a better tribute.
From Two Pizzas to Over 70 Million
On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid someone in a Bitcoin forum to deliver two Papa John’s pizzas in exchange for 10,000 BTC — worth about $40 at the time.
Today, that same order would cover 70 million pizzas at retail. Or a Gulfstream jet. Or an island. Or several.
Hanyecz has never regretted the move. In fact, he’s defended it for years saying: “The transaction made Bitcoin real for me,” he told CBS in 2019. He was mining BTC when it was trading below a penny — and long before anyone could’ve predicted Bitcoin ETFs, nation-state adoption, or a trillion-dollar market cap.
Bitcoin’s Utility Was Born with a Slice
The pizza trade wasn’t just a funny footnote. It was a proof of concept. A flex from the early Bitcoin crowd that this wasn’t just code — it was currency. Back then, using crypto to buy anything at all was revolutionary. Now it’s used for homes, cars, and in some countries, even taxes (however briefly).
And now? The date that made Bitcoin real just marked its most valuable day in history.
The Timing Couldn’t Be More Poetic
Bitcoin breaking a new record on Pizza Day isn’t coincidence. It’s cosmic alignment for a market that’s always had a flair for symbolism. And the fact that retail is celebrating while institutions are buying? That’s a plot twist no one would’ve believed back in 2010.
So here we are:
From two pizzas to financial history.
From forum trades to Wall Street charts.
From 10,000 BTC for cheese and pepperoni — to $1.1 billion in untouchable supply.
And it all started with pizza.
As of today, Bitcoin is holding strong around $110,500. The billion-dollar pizza trade is still aging well.
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