VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 21 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day by hosting events across five continents and distributing pizzas to more than 2,000 people. Between May 19 and May 22, gatherings are being held in cities including Abuja, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Mexico City, Lisbon, Barcelona, Florence, Catania, Turin, Milan, Athens, Metro Manila, Penang, Tirana, Prague, Dubai, Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrated annually on May 22, reminds us of the historic purchase of two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoins by Laszlo Hanyecz in 2010—a transaction that demonstrates Bitcoin’s immense potential as a medium of exchange. The modest transaction, then worth around $41, is now estimated to be valued at nearly $1 billion. The day has become a symbol of Bitcoin’s evolution from a niche experiment to the backbone of the emerging financial innovation space.