Cryptocurrency analysts name the most expensive purchase for one bitcoin

According to CoinGecko, the most expensive purchase for 1 BTC was a Tesla Model Y 2021, which could be purchased for $ 62,190. Also, at the end of 2021, 1 BTC could pay for two nights in the Royal Suite of the famous Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.

At the same time, in 2015, one bitcoin could buy only 3.5 shares of Netflix or rent an apartment for 5 nights through the Airbnb service. At that time, the maximum price of BTC was $ 465. A year later, 1 BTC could be exchanged for 24 Ethereum (ETH) tokens or a date to an underwater restaurant in the Maldives, ordering six dishes.

Analysts reminded that in 2017, BTC grew by 2416% compared to the same period last year and reached $ 19,665. In 2017−2018, one BTC could buy at least 300 Apple shares or pay for a 13-night stay at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. In addition, bitcoin could be exchanged for more than 12 ETH or 1 million Dogecoin (DOGE).

«2017 was the first year when 1 BTC could buy a new car. In particular, 1 BTC was enough to buy a Honda HR-V ,» the report says.

In 2019, the annual maximum of bitcoin dropped to $ 12,996. However, 1 BTC could pay for a $ 15.99 premium Netflix subscription for 69 years. In addition, investors could use 1 BTC to buy 334 tokens of the Binance crypto exchange (BNB).

In 2020, bitcoin became even more valuable: 1 BTC could buy one of the most expensive flights — an Etihad Airways ticket from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi worth $ 28,000. In the automotive category, 1 BTC could buy a 2018 Jeep Wrangler.

As for the first purchase with BTC, in May, Twitter reported that in 2010, Sabunir tried to sell a JPEG image for 500 bitcoins before Laszlo Hanec bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. On his social media page, the developer Udi Wertheimer shared a screenshot that shows that the first purchase using BTC was a digital image. The date on the image is January 24, 2010, four months before the pizza purchase.

However, some experts claim that 500 BTC were sent as a donation. «He [Sabunir] posted his address to send NFT funds on January 24 and then posted it again in the BTC logo thread on February 24. on February 24, 500 bitcoins were sent, and on February 25, he thanked 2 people for their donations,» one user said.