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ZOOMEX Launches Global "Pizza Week" Campaign Honoring Bitcoin’s First Real-World Trade

May 19, 2026 — On the cusp of the global 16th anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, ZOOMEX, a leading global digital asset exchange, today officially announced the launch of its Pizza Week campaign. This initiative honors the historic milestone of Bitcoin's first real-world transaction.

ZOOMEX’s campaign directly targets the original vision of cryptocurrency. By showcasing its core product matrix—including ZoomCard, ZoomexStocks, and the 0-Cost Trading Competition — the platform aims to drive a comprehensive ecosystem transition for digital assets, shifting them from speculative tools to practical, everyday applications.

On May 22, 2010, a Florida programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz posted a message on the BitcoinTalk forum offering 10,000 Bitcoins for two large pizzas. A British forum user accepted, and the transaction was completed. At the time, those 10,000 BTC were worth roughly $41. At Bitcoin's all-time high in May 2025, they would have been worth over $1.1 billion. But the dollar...

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Kickstarter Rolls Back Its Mature Content Policy After Outcry

It explained that it created the new rules due to Stripe's policy. Kickstarter has retracted the new set of rules around mature content that it released last week, following an outcry from creators whose campaigns are affected by the change. While the platform still allowed "romance and

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Building AI models that understand chemical principles

Among all of the possible chemical compounds, it’s estimated that between 1020 and 1060 may hold potential as small-molecule drugs. Evaluating each of those compounds experimentally would be far too time-consuming for chemists. So, in recent years, researchers have begun using artificial intelligence to help identify compounds that could

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Berlin-based bunch, an AI-native platform for managers and institutional investors to manage the entire fund lifecycle, raised a €30.1M Series B led by Portage

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data

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Kickstarter Rolls Back Its Mature Content Policy After Outcry

Building AI models that understand chemical principles

Berlin-based bunch, an AI-native platform for managers and institutional investors to manage the entire fund lifecycle, raised a €30.1M Series B led by Portage

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