After more than three years of development, blockchain-powered tokenized security exchange tZERO appears to be on the verge of a full public debut. The Overstock.com-backed project released series of videos yesterday, demonstrating how tokenized versions of stocks and other securities can be bought, sold, and traded on the platform. While some cryptocurrency exchanges currently allow […]
Something very big appears to be in the works at Overstock.com. Details are few, but at least two key facts are known: It’s a “top secret project” requiring a “high degree of discretion,” and it’s very clearly being built with cryptocurrency in mind. According to a series of job postings made on the company’s Careers […]
Last month, Overstock.com claimed it was on the verge of adding a bitcoin payment option to their O.co global retail site. After a 10-day delay (the launch was planned for September 1), Overstock quietly enabled the BTC-payment system early this morning. Although Overstock is hardly the first company to accept bitcoin payments from anywhere in […]
In a recent Gigaom profile of Overstock.com’s bitcoin adoption, CEO Patrick Byrne let slip an interesting detail about the company’s plan to donate 4% of BTC sales to a different bitcoin charity or foundation every month. According to the article, the first recipient of the plan will be the newly minted bitcoin political advocacy group […]
After months of speculation, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne confirmed yesterday that his company will be enabling buy-with-bitcoin options on their international site, O.co, starting Sept. 1. Although the move was known to be the works since July, the date of the bitcoin-buying service expansion wasn’t known beyond a general “within a few months” estimate. The […]
According to a report published today by Reuters, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne estimates that bitcoin sales will account for 4 cents in profit per share of the company in 2014. Byrne told the news outlet that current EPS projections for the company are 75-80 cents per share, making bitcoin’s contribution far from insignificant. The company […]
In an interview with Mashable, online retailer Overstock.com dropped a new bitcoin bombshell: The company is considering paying employee bonuses in BTC. Spokesman Judd Bagley told Mashable that the company is working out the logistics in advance of the end-of-year bonuses. The bitcoin-bonus program will be optional, although the bonuses will be higher than the […]
On Tuesday, bitcoin-accepting online marketplace Overstock.com quietly updated its website to include an open-source wiki page entitled “How to issue a cryptosecurity.” Not surprisingly, rumors began to spread that the Utah-based retailer might be considering issuing a digital security of its own, something that CEO Patrick Byrne has hinted at before. Through such a system, […]
Speaking on the Free Talk Live podcast from the Porcupine Freedom Festival in New Hampshire, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne discussed a wide range of bitcoin-related topics, including plans to create an incentive program to encourage his company’s employees and vendors to use bitcoin. “We are going to be bringing online system that let us pay […]
Speaking on the Fox Business segment “Opening Bell”, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne explained his long-term view for the virtual currency. During a discussion about the overall state of the online retail economy, host Maria Bartiromo asked Byrne “Where’s the money [in bitcoin]?” “Bitcoin is tiny at this point, but it’s growing about 25% a month,” […]