Steak N’Shake is extending its relationship with cryptocurrency beyond customer payments and into its workforce. According to Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance), the restaurant chain confirmed that employees will soon be eligible to receive hourly bonuses paid in Bitcoin, marking another step in a broader digital currency strategy the company has been quietly building over the past year. {tweet} The bonus program follows Steak N’Shake’s decision in 2025 to accept Bitcoin as payment across its locations. That initiative, which rolled out globally using the Lightning Network, was positioned as an operational shift rather ... (full story)