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Apr 2025
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1951: GameStop Finishes $1.5 Billion Rai...

JUSTIN VERRENGIA
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Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin. GameStop labeled the indenture for its convertible bonds as “Project Rocket” in the file name submitted to the SEC.

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