Starting May 16, the fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake, based in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, will begin accepting the first cryptocurrency as payment in all outlets.
According to reports, this will make cryptocurrency available to 'over 100 million visitors.'
Stake ‘n Shake will join the growing number of fast-food chains that have added support for digital assets.
As early as 2013, Subway began accepting bitcoins on an experimental basis at certain franchises, Cointelegraph reminded.
In 2018, Canadian KFC offered a 'BTC-bucket' promotion allowing purchases using the first cryptocurrency.
In 2022, the authorities of Lugano in Switzerland made digital gold, USDT, and the local token LVGA 'de facto' legal tender. One of the participants in the initiative was a local McDonald's.
Burger King began accepting cryptocurrency gift cards and direct payments in digital assets in some countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Venezuela.
In September 2024, at that time, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump paid with bitcoins for burgers at a bar in New York.
Pizza Hut became one of the first points of sale to accept digital gold in El Salvador, where it was recognized as legal tender in 2021. The year before, the chain launched a similar experiment in Venezuela.
On May 22, the cryptocurrency community will celebrate another Bitcoin Pizza Day. The occasion for the holiday was a landmark event for the industry when in 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz bought two Papa John's pizzas for 10,000 BTC.
In 2024, in honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the exchange Gate.io raffled off 1 BTC among users, while Binance delivered pizza offline.
