News with the tag "Bitcoin history"

May 22, 2025, marks the 15th anniversary of a now legendary first purchase made with Bitcoin: on that day in 2010, early Bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC to buy two pizzas. What happened to Hanyecz and Jeremy Sturdivant, who received these bitcoins, and what is the deep meaning behin...

Crypto just keeps dropping — what’s driving the crash, and what’s next? Bitcoin ( BTC ) plummeted below $88,000, marking its lowest level in three months. The broader crypto market has also taken a hit, with total market capitalization shedding 8%, dropping from over $3.31 trillion to approximately ...

Daily revenue from Bitcoin mining dropped to under $3 million as opposed to the previous daily average of roughly $6 million in the first four months of 2024.