{"id":29110,"date":"2025-05-28T20:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29110"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:16:32","slug":"microsoft-passed-on-bitcoin-while-gamestop-jumped-in-whos-laughing-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29110","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Passed On Bitcoin While GameStop Jumped In: Who&#8217;s Laughing Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Video game retailer <strong>GameStop Corporation<\/strong> (NYSE:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/GME#NYSE\">GME<\/a>) became one of the newest companies to buy <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/bitcoin\">its balance sheet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move comes months after the world&#8217;s largest company <strong>Microsoft Corporation<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MSFT#NASDAQ\">MSFT<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/12\/42421374\/microsoft-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-explore-bitcoin-investment\">decided not to buy <\/a>Bitcoin in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>GameStop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/05\/45643177\/gamestop-buys-4710-bitcoins-heres-why-markets-are-watching\">announced it bought <\/a>4,710 Bitcoin in a press release Wednesday. The move follows months of speculation and reports the company was preparing to invest some of its billions of dollars in cash into the leading cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>The company joins the growing likes of<strong> MicroStrategy Inc <\/strong>(NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MSTR#NASDAQ\">MSTR<\/a>) that wish to have Bitcoin on the balance sheet instead of cash as a hedge against inflation or with the belief that Bitcoin\u2019s price will continue to go up.<\/p>\n<p>MicroStrategy Chairman <strong>Michael Saylor <\/strong>has been a vocal Bitcoin supporter and also argued that companies should be adding Bitcoin to their balance sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor gave a brief presentation to Microsoft&#8217;s board &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/education\/25\/05\/45656079\/microsoft-passed-on-bitcoin-while-gamestop-jumped-in-whos-laughing-now\" alt=\"Microsoft\" passed on bitcoin while gamestop jumped in: who laughing now>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (NYSE:GME) became one of the newest companies to buy Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for its balance sheet. The move comes months after the world&#8217;s largest company Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) decided not to buy Bitcoin in December. What Happened: GameStop announced it bought 4,710 Bitcoin in a press release Wednesday. The move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-29110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}