Steak ’n Shake is serving up free Bitcoin with your burger — how it works

The limited-time promotion is available at nearly 400 restaurant locations in the U.S.
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Steak 'n Shake burger with Bitcoin logo
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FREE BITCOIN: Fold and Steak ’n Shake have teamed up to offer $5 in Bitcoin when customers order the new Bitcoin Steakburger or Bitcoin Meal.


Steak ’n Shake is not afraid to get a little weird. Not long ago, the American fast food chain was offering free Labubu in a bid to get customers through the door. Now, Bitcoin is on the menu.

Fold, the Bitcoin consumer financial services company, and Steak ’n Shake have come together to launch a limited-time promotion that pays customers $5 in Bitcoin with any order of the new Bitcoin Steakburger or Bitcoin Meal. This campaign is live across Steak ’n Shake locations nationwide (check out participating locations here).

So how does it work? Customers pick up a Bitcoin Meal, upload their receipt at bitcoinmealdeal.com, and get a code for $5 in Bitcoin redeemable through the Fold app. Steak ’n Shake will even stamp the Bitcoin logo on your burger bun.

The catch is that you're limited to one redemption of this special promotion per Fold account, but that's not really a catch is it? This isn't a magic Bitcoin tree from which you can pluck free cryptocurrency whenever you fancy a burger. That's not how the world works.

Grab your burger and 0.000048 Bitcoin from Steak ’n Shake.

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Joseph Green
Global Shopping Editor

Joseph Green is the Global Shopping Editor for Mashable. He covers VPNs, headphones, fitness gear, dating sites, streaming, and shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day.

Joseph is also Executive Editor of Mashable's sister site, AskMen.

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