How Two Pizzas Created a Domino Effect, Building a Trillion-Dollar AssetMay 22 marks 15 years since Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world Bitcoin transaction by spending 10,000 Bitcoins on two pizzas—an amoun...
22 May, 2025, 11.15 AM IST
Bitcoin turns 16: How crypto coin went from zero to trillion-dollar asset, explained in 10 pointsHappy Birthday Bitcoin! On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto created the first Bitcoin block. Bitcoin got off to a humble start in 2009, ro...
03 Jan, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
A techie bought pizzas with Bitcoins. If he had skipped, he would now have Rs 8,000 croreProgrammer Laszlo Hanyecz made history in May 2010 by conducting Bitcoin’s first real-world transaction, trading 10,000 bitcoins for two pi...
23 Dec, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
How did the Bitcoin whitepaper shape the crypto world we see today?The Bitcoin whitepaper, released by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, aimed to create a decentralized transaction system. Bitcoin evolved from an e...
31 Oct, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Cryptocurrency Price on May 23: Bitcoin slips below $69.6k, Shiba Inu, Solana tank up to up to 5%The global crypto m-cap dropped 0.65% to around $2.58 trillion in the last 24 hours, while the total crypto market volume was $94.42 billio...
23 May, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
Bitcoin Pizza Day: Techie paid 10,000 Bitcoins for Pizza in 2010, now worth Rs 5,800 croreEach year on May 22nd, the cryptocurrency community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day, commemorating the first real-world Bitcoin transaction. I...
22 May, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Bitcoin Pizza Day today: Mudrex CEO Edul Patel explains the significanceMudrex celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day in Bengaluru by distributing pizzas to children, startups, and food lovers, partnering with WeWorks and...
22 May, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
Bitcoin Pizza Day and the rise of crypto commerceBitcoin Pizza Day celebrates the first real-world Bitcoin transaction in 2010 when Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, paid 10,000 Bitcoins for t...
22 May, 2024, 10.18 AM IST
Cryptocurrency Price on May 21: Bitcoin jumps above $71k amid inflows in spot BTC ETFs; Ethereum, Avalanche rally up to 19%During Tuesday's trading session, Bitcoin saw a significant surge of over 6%, reaching $71,178. This surge was driven by increased buying a...
21 May, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
Bitcoin Pizza Day: How one transaction in 2010 led to global crypto adoption?Bitcoin Pizza Day marked the beginning of the real-world value of cryptocurrencies beyond a speculative nature, showcasing Bitcoin's potent...
22 May, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Crypto crowd dominate Davos main street despite price crashExecutives from the crypto sector have descended on the annual gathering of business leaders and politicians seeking to encourage faster ad...
23 May, 2022, 02.51 PM IST
A first in India: Crypto co lets users pay for common daily-use items like pizza, coffee using bitcoinsAccording to Unocoin, while in many parts of the world bitcoins are already accepted as a medium of exchange for trading, this would be a f...
12 Aug, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Can cryptocurrencies be included in a sensible investor's portfolio?While we’re talking of cryptocurrencies in general, much of the background material is on Bitcoin, simply because that is the one digital t...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Will the real Bitcoin please stand up?We take a closer look at cryptocurrencies that were born from the original Bitcoin blockchain. Some have become multi-billion-dollar crypto...
10 Apr, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Five most unusual facts about bitcoinsFor his latest novel, God Is A Gamer, banker-turned author Ravi Subramanian extensively researched bitcoins and uncovered many an intriguin...
26 Nov, 2014, 08.55 AM IST
Authorities scramble to regulate BitcoinAs Bitcoin becomes more popular day by day, regulators are getting worried about potential money laundering risks associated with this digi...
02 Dec, 2013, 02.52 AM IST
'Bitcoin' becoming a bit too big; regulators scramble for normsRegulators fear that this new phenomenon can give rise to a new kind of illegal investment schemes that could be very difficult to track an...
01 Dec, 2013, 05.38 PM IST