₿ Foundations & Early Adoption

• Oct 2008 — Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin whitepaper

• Jan 3, 2009 — Genesis Block mined; Bitcoin network goes live

• May 22, 2010 — First real-world transaction: 10,000 BTC for two pizzas (Bitcoin Pizza Day)

• Jul 2010 — Mt. Gox launches the first major Bitcoin exchange

📈 Growth & Crises

• Nov 2013 — Bitcoin hits $1,000 for the first time

• Feb 2014 — Mt. Gox hacked; ~850,000 BTC lost, exchange shuts down

• Sep 2017 — China bans ICOs and shuts down crypto exchanges

• Dec 17, 2017 — Bitcoin reaches $19,783, a new all-time high

❄️ Crash & Institutional Entry

• 2018 — Market crash begins → Crypto Winter

• Aug 11, 2020 — MicroStrategy buys $250M in BTC (first public company to do so)

• Jan 2021 — Tesla buys $1.5B worth of Bitcoin

• Apr 2021 — Bitcoin surpasses $60,000

🏛️ Regulatory Shifts & Strategic Adoption

• May–Sep 2021 — China bans mining and trading → full ban in Sep

• Jan 10, 2024 — US SEC approves spot Bitcoin ETFs (BlackRock, Fidelity, etc.)

• Dec 5, 2024 — Bitcoin surpasses $100,000 for the first time 🥂

• Mar 2025 — US signs executive order for strategic Bitcoin reserves