Many remember May 22, 2010 as Bitcoin Pizza Day, buy Laszlo Hanyecz actually spent nearly 80,000 bitcoin that year — a sum worth over $8.7 billion today.

Bitcoin Pizza Day celebrates the first real-world Bitcoin purchase, a $41 pizza order now worth $1.1 billion as BTC hits a new all-time high of $111,544 on May 22, 2025.

Laszlo Hanyecz is famous for spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. But his involvement with Bitcoin development goes much deeper than food purchases.

Every year on May 22, the cryptocurrency community remembers and marvels at how one man paid for a pizza with bitcoin. While the story may sound benign and uninteresting at first glance, the ...

Billion dollar pizza? Bitcoin soars on key anniversary of crypto’s growth Several cryptocurrency companies are announcing promotions and other celebrations to mark Bitcoin Pizza Day.

On May 22, 2010, a man in Florida paid 10,000 Bitcoin for pizza. When Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizzas from Papa John’s that day, it was considered to be the first ever purchase with Bitcoin ...

The Twitter founder paid 96,173 sats via Lightning Network—proof that Bitcoin’s fast-food dream is alive in 2025.

When Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two large Papa John’s pizzas with 10,000 BTC on May 22, 2010, he became a legend. But how much do you really know about the man behind Bitcoin Pizza Day?

Every year on May 22, the cryptocurrency community remembers and marvels at how one man paid for a pizza with bitcoin. While the story may sound benign and uninteresting at first glance, the ...

Today is a significant day for the crypto world. May 22, 2010, will forever be remembered in the history of cryptocurrency as Bitcoin Pizza Day. On this date, a Florida programmer named Laszlo ...