Cryptocurrency – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Cryptocurrency's history.
Showing 9 milestones for Cryptocurrency
US SEC approves exchange applications to list spot Ether ETFs
The US SEC approves exchange applications to list spot Ether exchange-traded funds.
www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-approves-exchange-applications-list-spot-ether-etfs-2024-05-23/Ethereum Dencun (Deneb-Cancun) upgrade goes live
Ethereum's Dencun (Deneb-Cancun) upgrade goes live, introducing proto-danksharding and reducing Layer-2 fees.
hackernoon.com/ethereum-dencun-upgrade-everything-you-need-to-knowUS SEC approves first spot Bitcoin ETFs
The US Securities and Exchange Commission approves the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
crypto.com/research/2023-review-2024-aheadEl Salvador adopts Bitcoin as legal tender
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar.
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57398274UK Treasury announces study on cryptocurrencies and potential regulation
The UK Treasury announces a study on cryptocurrencies and potential regulation of digital currencies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/29/crypto-crisis-digital-currencies-boom-collapse-bitcoin-terraFirst Bitcoin-to-fiat transaction (Bitcoin Pizza Day)
Laszlo Hanyecz pays 10,000 BTC for two pizzas in one of the first real-world Bitcoin purchases.
www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin/First Bitcoin transaction between Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney
Satoshi Nakamoto sends the first bitcoin transaction to Hal Finney.
www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin.aspBitcoin genesis block mined, launching the first decentralized cryptocurrency
Bitcoin's genesis block is mined, marking the launch of the first decentralized cryptocurrency network.
www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin.aspBitcoin whitepaper ‘Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System’ published
Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin whitepaper describing a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf