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Edge Capital Insights · May 5, 2026

The 0.7% Problem: GameStop's eBay Bid Exposes Crypto M&A's Fatal Flaw

GameStop's $55.5B eBay bid rests on a Bitcoin treasury worth just $368M—less than 0.7% of the deal. This episode decodes whether Ryan Cohen has weaponized crypto as legitimate M&A currency or orchestrated the most expensive retail stock promotion ever. We examine how MicroStrategy proved the playboo

GameStop's $55.5B eBay bid rests on a Bitcoin treasury worth just $368M—less than 0.7% of the deal. This episode decodes whether Ryan Cohen has weaponized…

GameStop's $55.5B eBay bid rests on a Bitcoin treasury worth just $368M—less than 0.7% of the deal. This episode decodes whether Ryan Cohen has weaponized crypto as legitimate M&A currency or orchestrated the most expensive retail stock promotion ever. We examine how MicroStrategy proved the playbook works at scale, why institutional money might take this seriously, and the structural collapse point nobody's discussing: what happens when the currency used to acquire assets is itself the only thing being valued. GameStop's…
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