Bitcoin Pizza Day: Changpeng Zhao ‘got a job’ at a pizzeria and PizzaDAO threw 100 parties

Every year, on May 22, the cryptocurrency community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day. The reason for the celebration was a landmark event for the industry in 2010 when programmer Laszlo Heinitz purchased two Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 BTC.

At the time of writing, they are valued at more than $294 million. Now, for that money, you can buy Pablo Picasso’s Teen Girl with a Basket of Flowers ($115 million) or twice. six original copies US Constitution ($43.2 million).

PizzaDAO has decided to host 100 parties in 75 countries, including the USA, Argentina, South Korea, the UK and Japan. The decentralized autonomous organization has also released a Rare Pizza NFT collection celebrating the big day.

On the eve of the holiday, Binance cryptocurrency exchange held a themed event in Cannes. The head of the company, Changpeng Zhao, attended the celebration – he personally prepared pizza for the visitors of the Mister Pizza establishment.

Binance has also launched a contest to give five users a “free annual pizza supply” ($2,000 BNB). Winners will be chosen on May 29.

KuCoin exchange is holding a $500 contest in USDT. Users were asked to describe their first purchase using cryptocurrencies.

Huobi platform has announced that it will distribute 1 BTC among 100 winners who buy pizza with Dogecoin (DOGE).

Recall that in May 2022, Laszlo Heinnitz said that he spent much more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.