GameStop Buys Bitcoin

GameStop bought 4,710 Bitcoin for their reserve asset and is now the 13th largest Bitcoin treasury company. GameStop confirmed its plan in late March, saying it did not set a ceiling on the amount of bitcoin it would buy. The did not release details on the timeframe for the buy so it's difficult to determine the cost but at today's price the reserve is worth $512 million. CEO Ryan Cohen stated Bitcoin is "Better than Gold" while he did not disclose his plans for future Bitcoin buys. GameStop still has close to $5 billion in cash. The stock rose after the announcement hit but slide later in the day.

Bitcoin Conference Major Takeaways
CNBC covered VP Vance's keynote today live in Las Vegas. He stated stablecoins do not threaten the integrity of the dollar, quite the opposite its a force multiplier of economic might. Dollar pegged stablecoins will only help the American dollar.
Trump' Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers for digital assets states, Bo Hines stated "Bitcoin is the golden standard" We're not gonna sell any Bitcoin that we possible have in the US government, period".
Senator Lummis remarked that Trump support the bill to buy 1 Million Bitcoin and she is rolling out the legislation in the coming weeks.
Saylor stated Strategy will not look into becoming a Bitcoin Bank due to restrictive regulations and had no plans to buy anything other than Bitcoin. AI will supercharge Bitcoin since its the best digital capital.

Quick Hits
- Mayor Adams of Largest City in US, NY will be the 1st to issue a Bitcoin bond.
- Pakistan announced the establishment of Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- Trump removes the 401K crypto limitations.
- Square will rollout BTC payments for all terminals.
- El Salvador buys more Bitcoin in spite of IMF
- Solana is now live on Metamask
- Steak N Shake saving 50% in processing fees and receiving faster payouts since using Bitcoin.
- Strive to raises $750 million to buy Bitcoin. Their stock ASST has been up insane amounts over the last 2 weeks.
