GameStop's $55B eBay Bid Could Liquidate Its Bitcoin | CoinDesk Daily

About this episode

This episode discusses GameStop's unsolicited $55.5 billion bid for eBay and the potential sale of its bitcoin treasury to fund the acquisition.

GameStop's eBay bid. GameStop submitted an unsolicited $55.5 billion offer to buy eBay, and CEO Ryan Cohen hasn't ruled out selling the company's $368 million bitcoin treasury to fund it. If the deal closes, eBay's 135 million active buyers would be inside a company that holds bitcoin. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Sanasie

Topics covered

• GameStop
• eBay
• Bitcoin
• mergers and acquisitions
• cryptocurrency
• business news

Keywords

• GameStop
• eBay
• bitcoin
• Ryan Cohen
• merger
• cryptocurrency
• business news

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Organizations: GameStop, eBay, CoinDesk

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