Steak ‘n Shake is supporting Bitcoin adoption with hourly BTC bonuses for all employees working at the company-operated restaurants. The move is made in collaboration with Fold Bitcoin, a personal finance app powered by BTC.
Steak ‘n Shake is an American fast food chain, turned Bitcoin supporter in 2025, that operates mainly in the Midwestern US, but also has locations across Western Europe in countries including France, Italy, Portugal, and Monaco.
Tens of thousands of employees will be eligible for Bitcoin bonuses for each hour worked at the company’s restaurants.
Steak ‘n Shake employees to get a $0.21 in BTC hourly bonus
The fast-food chain announced via X on January 20 that starting March 1st, it will give all employees a BTC bonus worth $0.21 for every hour worked.
Employees will be able to collect their BTC pay following a 2-year vesting period.
In other words, employees will be able to get $1.68 in BTC per day, if they work 8 hours per day. This translates into $33.6 in BTC per month, or over $403 in BTC per year.
Steak ‘n Shake‘s move exposes employees to a passive or employer-assisted Bitcoin DCA.
The fast food chain highlighted that it takes care of its employees, who, in turn, take care of customers, and the results will take care of themselves.
Starting March 1, Steak n Shake will give all hourly employees at its company-operated restaurants a Bitcoin bonus of $0.21 for every hour worked.
Employees will be able to collect their Bitcoin pay after a two-year vesting period. Thank you, @Fold_app, for the assist.
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— Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) January 20, 2026
Steak ‘n Shake’s partner, Fold Bitcoin app, supports global BTC adoption and provides users with BTC Gift Cards since October 2025.
Stake ‘n Shake became a Bitcoin company in December 2025
This is not the first time the fast food chain has shown support for Bitcoin.
In December, Steak ‘n Shake announced that it became a BTC company, accepting BTC payments, launching a BTC burger, and creating a Strategic BTC Reserve.
Towards the end of 2025, the company said that if every customer paid with BTC for a single year, its SBR would increase to nearly $500 million.
Retail BTC adoption intensifies globally
The company’s latest Bitcoin initiative comes following Walmart’s move, which recently announced the availability of BTC and crypto payments in-store via OnePay app.
After a period of strong institutional interest in crypto, retail adoption is also on the rise in 2026.
At the moment of writing this article, BTC is trading above $88,000, seeing a slight rebound from $87,000 levels earlier.
