Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus

Steak n Shake is offering hourly employees a bitcoin (BTC) bonus of $0.21 for every hour worked, the company said Tuesday in a post on X. The new policy applies to staff at all company-operated locations starting March 1, and rewards will vest after two years. The bonus — equivalent to roughly 1% of the federal minimum wage — is the fast-food chain’s latest move in a broader embrace of bitcoin that began in May 2025, when it started accepting BTC payments via the Lightning Network at all U.S. locations. ...