Sixteen years ago today, a Florida programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two large Papa John’s pizzas. At the time, those coins were worth roughly $41. On this Pizza Day, they are worth $777.87 million — down $328 million from last year’s anniversary price. Bitcoin Pizza Day, observed each May 22, marks the
NEAR Protocol has surged more than 21% in 24 hours to top the day’s major crypto market gainers, while edgeX slipped nearly 8 among the top 100 assets by market capitalization. Summary NEAR Protocol climbed 21.14 to 2.20 Worldcoin, FET, Quant and Celestia also posted strong daily gains edgeX dropped 7.76, underperforming other large cap
Bitfire stablecoin ambitions are accelerating even as the Hong Kong crypto firm posts a HK$245 million half-year loss. Summary Bitfire expects a net loss of up to HK$245 million for the six months through March, nearly 19 times larger than its HK$12.3 million loss a year earlier. HK$152 million of the loss came from a
Bitcoin momentarily broke above the $94,000–$95,000 resistance zone last week, on strong spot demand, rallying to an intraday high of $97,850 on 14 January, its highest level in over two months. The move triggered a meaningful short squeeze, with the largest single-day short liquidations in almost 100 days, as open interest normalised with leveraged longs
The Zcash upgrade roadmap includes three advances targeting a 300% speed boost as ZEC gained 73% in a month. Summary Zcash’s NU7, planned as the network’s ninth upgrade, will introduce Zcash Shielded Assets and a Network Sustainability Mechanism with more than 90% community support. Project Tachyon aims to scale shielded transaction throughput to thousands of
Bitcoin price held a razor-thin range between $76,000 and $77,000 on Monday, recording just a -0.05% change at $76,797.74 while the broader crypto market buckled under iran geopolitical pressure. Over $300 million in crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, according to data from Coinglass, with long traders absorbing the bulk of those losses. The
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After crumbling about 4% late Friday into early Saturday, bitcoin BTC$76,720.90 has more than retraced those losses in the past few minutes after President Trump announced a coming agreement with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. “An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of
MARA security spending reached $4.3 million in 2025, including $430,000 to armor CEO Fred Thiel’s vehicle. Summary MARA’s 2026 proxy filing revealed $4.3 million in total CEO security spending in 2025, including $430,000 to armor Fred Thiel’s personal vehicle. Physical attacks on crypto holders rose 75% in 2025 to 72 confirmed incidents totalling $41 million
Bitcoin’s digital nature is the source of most of its advantages. Since it is programmable, it unlocks self-custody practices that can make theft and confiscation very difficult. Since it is digital, it can move at the speed of light, allowing movement of value and settlement across the globe in minutes. Nevertheless, Bitcoin has at times
