As GameStop buys bitcoin, Michael Saylor vows to burn his own private keys
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor has had a busy week. In addition to a 6,911-bitcoin (BTC) purchase for his company and the shocking announcement that he intends to burn most of his personal BTC prior to his death in a sort of Bitcoin Giving Pledge, he has also been boasting about a BTC announcement from GameStop. Posing for a photo beside CEO Ryan Cohen, Saylor cheered as GameStop — the world’s second-largest meme stock behind Tesla — unanimously approved the purchase of BTC for its corporate treasury . Welcome to Team Bitcoin, @RyanCohen. $GME pic.twitter.com/ldGh7my9WM — Michael Saylor️ (@saylor) March 25, 2025 Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Giving Pledge In yesterday’s meandering video interview, in addition to applauding GameStop, Saylor claimed that enlightened Bitcoiners could “leave all our money to the human race” in a final act “true to Satoshi Nakamoto’s principles.” Spelling it out for confused viewers, the billion...