At CoinShares, one area we’ve been very focused on recently is payments, the different ways that digital assets including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins could play a role in the development of a global, digital payment system, and what platforms and infrastructure will be needed to support this type of activity. We thought it would be interesting to share some of our perspectives, in the below excerpt from an investor newsletter.
May 22 marked the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, a celebration of the first recorded exchange of bitcoin for goods, when Laszlo paid 10,000 bitcoins for 2 large pizzas.