{"id":660569,"date":"2025-04-04T02:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-memestrategy-bitcoin-firm-by-9gag-jailed-ceos-3-5m-bonus-asia-express-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T02:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:40:55","slug":"new-memestrategy-bitcoin-firm-by-9gag-jailed-ceos-3-5m-bonus-asia-express-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-memestrategy-bitcoin-firm-by-9gag-jailed-ceos-3-5m-bonus-asia-express-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018MemeStrategy\u2019 Bitcoin firm by 9GAG, jailed CEO\u2019s $3.5M bonus: Asia Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.magazine.cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Magazine-asia-Express-2504-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>9GAG founder\u2019s new \u201cMemeStrategy\u201d firm will buy Bitcoin for reserves, jailed Bithumb CEO paid $3.5M in salary and bonuses. Asia Express<\/p>\n<p><p>The creator of meme culture pioneer 9GAG is diving headfirst into Bitcoin and blockchain, acquiring a publicly listed Hong Kong company with plans to turn it into a crypto and AI venture.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Chan, co-founder of 9GAG, has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.hkexnews.hk\/listedco\/listconews\/sehk\/2025\/0124\/2025012401463.pdf?data=3902ucrypto83news82h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">acquired<\/a> a controlling stake in Howkingtech International Holdings Limited and plans to convert the company into a Web3 outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Chan has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/apac\/news-releases\/9gag-founder-completes-acquisition-of-controlling-stake-in-howking-tech-2440hk-proposing-rename-to-memestrategy-set-to-become-asias-first-publicly-listed-virtual-asset-ecosystem-venture-302416945.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">proposed <\/a>renaming the firm to MemeStrategy, a nod to MicroStrategy (now Strategy), which popularized the corporate Bitcoin accumulation playbook. He will serve as chairman and CEO, pending shareholder <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval, and several members of the 9GAG team have joined the board.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/9gags-meme-bitcoin-jailed-crypto-ceo-gets-3-5m-bonus-check-asia-express\/?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9GAG founder\u2019s new \u201cMemeStrategy\u201d firm will buy Bitcoin for reserves, jailed Bithumb CEO paid $3.5M in salary and bonuses. Asia Express The creator of meme culture pioneer 9GAG is diving headfirst into Bitcoin and blockchain, acquiring a publicly listed Hong Kong company with plans to turn it into a crypto and AI venture. 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