Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 is here, and it’s a big one — 16 years ago today, someone used Bitcoin to buy two pizzas for the first time. That transaction, now legendary, set the stage for an asset that trades at $76,863 as of this morning. The milestone arrives as Bitcoin holds steady above $76,000, a far cry from the roughly $41 it was worth back then.
The pizza that started it all
On May 22, 2010, a programmer offered 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. A fellow enthusiast took the deal and ordered them from a local Papa John’s. That swap is now the most famous crypto purchase in history. Adjusted for today’s price, those two pizzas would be worth over $768 million. The buyer got a good meal; the seller got a slice of history nobody could have predicted.
What 16 years look like
Bitcoin has survived exchange collapses, regulatory crackdowns, and more boom-bust cycles than most can count. It’s gone from a niche forum experiment to a $1.5 trillion asset class. The 16-year mark isn’t a round number like 15 or 20, but it’s a reminder that Bitcoin has now been trading longer than many stock market veterans have been alive. The network’s hash rate is at an all-time high, and institutional adoption keeps creeping forward. Not bad for a digital token that started with a pizza order.
The price today
Bitcoin sits at $76,863 on this Pizza Day, up modestly from last week but still within the range it’s held for much of May. The $76,000 level has acted as support since early April. Traders are watching for a breakout, but the anniversary itself is more about reflection than a price catalyst. No major events are tied to the day — just the community sharing pizza memes and old screenshots of the original transaction.
Next year will be 17. The year after that, 18. For now, 16 feels like a solid run.
