Tagged: patrick byrne

February 21, 2018 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock.com, Inc.(NASDAQ:OSTK) has announced that one of its portfolio companies, Bitt.com, will be providing digital payment services in the Caribbean Island of Montserrat. Bitt.com is based in the Barbados. Montserrat is quite a tiny country with a population of just 4900 people. More people than… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment banking is a highly profitable business. Goldman Sachs, perhaps the most prominent investment bank in the world, raked in $32 billion during fiscal 2017 with the majority of this revenue driven specifically by investment banking. Yet arguably, much of the value that is provided… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) and Siebert Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:SIEB) have launched Muriel Siebert & Co. discounted online trading platform through Overstock.com’s FinanceHub as it merges e-commerce and securities transactions. Announced last December, any investor in the US, may access the Siebert portal through Overstock.com’s FinanceHub the opportunity to… Read More

January 31, 2018 @ 10:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) has introduced a digitally-driven investment platform (aka robo-advising), presented by tZERO Advisors. The service is accessible to investors through the online retailer’s FinanceHub™. For a monthly fee of $9.95, investors can either select from a group of pre-established Adaptive Dynamic Portfolios matched to… Read More

January 21, 2018 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

While not attending in person, CI was there in spirit for the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami last week. And according to our sources, it was rocking event. Sure, there was the diversity thing before the conference but we expect organizers will be more… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

tZero, the company that wants to be the one digital asset exchange to rule them all, has filed a Form D (506c) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the filing, $8.107 million in equity has been sold with the date of the… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 10:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero Initial Coin Offering (ICO) listed on SaftLaunch is poised to be one of the largest ICOs to date. Open only to accredited investors, the pre-sale launched on December 18th only for the largest, institutional investors. Within half a day, over $100 million had… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, the blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) that is in the midst of a huge initial coin offering, has agreed to take a 1% stake in Kennedy Cabot Acquisition Holdings (KCA) with a $1 million investment. KCA is a FINRA approved Broker Dealer and… Read More

December 19, 2017 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero initial coin offering (ICO) has revealed that institutional investors have committed more than $100 million in the first 12 hours of the pre-sales offer. Additionally, more than 10,000 subscribers have registered for accredited investor status via the Saftlaunch platform where the ICO is… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The highly anticipated tZERO initial coin offering (ICO) has finally launched on SaftLaunch. The ICO was delayed once before and appeared to be in a holding pattern earlier today but now the offer is live and open to certain investors. Part of the delay… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

TZero, the creation of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne, is a Blockchain platform for capital markets. Envisioned as a distributed ledger technology for trading and investing including the burgeoning initial coin offering (ICO) market, TZERO claims to be the first SEC and FINRA compliant ATS… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), its subsidiary tZERO and Siebert Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: SIEB) announced they have signed a letter of intent to enter into a partnership to offer deeply discounted online trading in the first quarter of 2018 when the transaction is slated to close…. Read More

December 13, 2017 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Described as an initiative to fight global poverty and inequality, Patrick Byrne, founder of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has formed joint venture with Hernando de Soto – prominent economist who has been deeply engaged in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.  The new company, called De Soto, Inc., will… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Dr. Patrick M. Byrne, who is also chairman of t0.com or simply “tZERO, shared details on the platforms forthcoming Initial Coin Offering (ICO) at Money 20/20 this week. tZero is a majority owned subsidiary of OverStock, focusing on the development and commercialization of Fintech… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock.com, (NASDAQ:OSTK),  has announced a new joint venture (JV) to launch an Automated Trading System (ATS) for the trading of Tokens issued via Initial Coin Offerings. The JV is in partnership with RenGen LLC and Argon Group and the trading platform… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has announced the integration of “ShapeShift“, an instant digital asset exchange, that allows customers to use all the major cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, and the new Bitcoin Cash, to buy online.  Overstock is an online discount retailer that sells over 6… Read More

December 23, 2016 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK)  has issued new shares utilizing distributed ledger technology (DLT) created by Fintech firm t0.com (t zero). The securities issues are said to be the first in history to be able to trade on an alternative trading system (ATS) using DLT. Trades settled on… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 6:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In late December, retail giant Overstock, a publicly traded company managed by maverick CEO Patrick Byrne, received SEC approval to regarding a plan to issues shares using Bitcoin Blockchain.  According to a filing with the SEC, the use of the “technology and distributed ledger technology by the Pro… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock, a publicly traded company managed by maverick CEO Patrick Byrne, has received SEC approval to regarding a plan to issues shares using Bitcoin Blockchain.  According to a filing with the SEC, the use of the “technology and distributed ledger technology by the Pro Securities… Read More