{"id":850232,"date":"2025-05-22T09:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/exchanges-are-giving-away-over-10-million-to-celebrate-bitcoin-pizza-day-today\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:11:52","slug":"exchanges-are-giving-away-over-10-million-to-celebrate-bitcoin-pizza-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/exchanges-are-giving-away-over-10-million-to-celebrate-bitcoin-pizza-day-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchanges are giving away over $10 million to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Exchanges Exchanges are giving away over $10 million to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day today<\/span> Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright \u00b7<\/span> 3 hours ago<\/span> \u00b7 1 min read<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Fifteen years since trading 10,000 BTC for pizza, the crypto world celebrates with millions in giveaways and record-breaking festivities.<\/p>\n

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Updated:<\/span> May. 22, 2025 at 11:50 am UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fifteen years after a programmer traded 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, the crypto community marked Bitcoin Pizza Day with record-breaking celebrations.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid roughly $41 for a pair of Papa John\u2019s pies in what became the first known real-world Bitcoin<\/a> transaction. Today, those coins would be worth $1.11 billion<\/a> at Bitcoin\u2019s new all-time high of $111,000<\/a>, recorded during the Asian session.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was exciting to get real pizza for bitcoin back then,\u201d Hanyecz told one outlet<\/a>, adding that he\u2019s pretty stoic about the $1 billion valuation.<\/p>\n

Global giveaway celebrations<\/h2>\n

The anniversary has drawn a worldwide response, blending nostalgia with billion-dollar bravado.<\/p>\n

Binance led the corporate charge with a $5 million Bitcoin referral pool<\/a>, capping payouts at $40 per pair to nod at the original pizza deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom two pizzas to a global financial movement\u2026 we\u2019re marking Bitcoin Pizza Day with the biggest BTC referral giveaway in history \u2013 $5 million worth,\u201d said Binance CMO Rachel Conlan. The exchange also rolled out pizza trucks and hosted parties across cities worldwide.<\/p>\n

Competitors weren\u2019t far behind. BTSE launched a $5.22 million USDT trading contest<\/a>, echoing the date with a 5.22% BTC staking yield and a pizza-themed photo competition. HTX offered \u201cSurprise Gifts\u201d worth $200,000<\/a> in a two-week campaign backed by seven TRON partners, while MEXC\u2019s \u201cLucky Wheel<\/a>\u201d spun for over $100,000 in BTC and tokens.<\/p>\n

Events from Buenos Aires to Dubai include DIY streams, community-led meet-ups, and branded giveaways, coordinated through the new Pizza Day hub.<\/p>\n

The institutional wave flowing into Bitcoin now collides with grassroots celebration, turning what began as a meme into a marketing supercycle.<\/p>\n

Some observers question whether Pizza Day\u2019s mass giveaways attract real users or merely pad sign-up stats. But the billion-dollar lunch endures as proof that every meme in this market might just turn to money.<\/p>\n

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Exchanges are giving away over $10 million to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day today Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright \u00b7 3 hours ago \u00b7 1 min read Fifteen years since trading 10,000 BTC for pizza, the crypto world celebrates with millions in giveaways and record-breaking festivities. 1 min read Updated: May. 22, 2025 at 11:50 am UTC Cover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54984,4361],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-850232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-exchanges","8":"category-giving"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}