Fifteen years since that first purchase with Bitcoin, the market not only celebrates a symbolic milestone but also projects an even more promising future. Expectations of valuation, mass adoption, and transformation of the global financial system fuel a new Bitcoin rally.
Since Laszlo Hanyecz used 10,000 bitcoins to buy two pizzas in May 2010, Bitcoin has taken an extraordinary journey: from being an experiment among programmers to establishing itself as one of the world's major asset classes, recognized by financial institutions, sovereign funds, and even governments. This anniversary comes at a particularly positive time for the crypto ecosystem, as the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization reached a new all-time high of $109,845, according to data from Sosovalue.
On the occasion of "Bitcoin Pizza Day", Ámbito spoke with some of the main exchanges operating in the city about what this day means and what were the most important factors that drove the mass adoption of $BTC over these 16 years.
