Binance Analysis: 10,000 Bitcoin Buying Power Across Major Cities Worldwide
Austin, USA, May 22nd, 2026, Chainwire
On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz made history by spending 10,000 Bitcoin on two pizzas. In a new analysis released by Binance, this moment is revisited through the lens of today’s market value and global crypto adoption.
At the time, the transaction was worth around $41. Today, depending on Bitcoin’s market price, those same coins would be worth well over $700 million and at certain points in 2025 exceeded $1 billion in value.
But sixteen years later, Bitcoin Pizza Day has evolved far beyond a famous crypto anecdote.
It has become a global symbol of how quickly internet native communities can transform technology from niche experimentation into mainstream participation.
And nowhere is that growth more visible than in the scale of global crypto adoption today.
According to Chainalysis’ 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, India now ranks among the world’s leading crypto adoption markets, driven by a mix of retail participation, creator ecosystems, remittances, payments, and investment activity.
Meanwhile, stablecoins processed an estimated $28 trillion in real economic volume globally in 2025, demonstrating how digital assets are increasingly being used beyond trading and speculation.
To mark Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026, Binance analyzed what the original 10,000 BTC pizza purchase could buy today across some of the world’s most iconic cities.
The result highlights not only Bitcoin’s extraordinary growth, but also crypto’s increasingly global cultural footprint.
Mumbai
10,000 BTC today could buy:
- tens of millions of cups of chai
- thousands of years of local commuter rail tickets
- major commercial real estate space in the city’s business districts
Dubai
10,000 BTC today could buy:
- more than 12 million shawarmas
- hundreds of luxury desert safari experiences
- dozens of ultra-luxury Palm Jumeirah villas
New York
10,000 BTC today could buy:
- approximately 22 million slices of New York pizza
- over 3,000 Manhattan studio apartments
- enough subway rides to circle the city for generations
London
10,000 BTC today could buy:
- over 8 million pints at London pubs
- several Premier League hospitality boxes for every match of the season
- entire rows of townhouses in some boroughs
Tokyo
10,000 BTC today could buy:
- millions of sushi plates
- thousands of high-speed rail journeys across Japan
- entire floors in some central Tokyo apartment buildings
While the comparisons are playful, the broader story is serious.
Bitcoin Pizza Day represents one of the earliest examples of digital assets entering the real economy. What began as an experimental online transaction has since evolved into a global financial and cultural movement powered by communities, creators, developers, entrepreneurs, and everyday users.
Today, crypto adoption increasingly spans both developed and emerging markets. In many regions, particularly across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, growth has been driven not by institutions first, but by communities educating communities.
The world’s most famous pizza purchase may have started with two pizzas in Florida, but sixteen years later, it reflects something much bigger: the globalization of internet native finance.
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