Byrne’s Bitcoin Exchange Files $500 Million Offering of Virtual…

MarketsMuse.com Tech Talk update profiles the latest development regarding Overstock.com’s CEO Patrick Byrne  plan for a cryptosecurity trading system "for brokerdealers" only and akin to the array of ECNs and ATS platforms that Fintech aficionados and broker-dealers  are already accustomed to. The headline: Overstock looks to issue Bitcoin-style stocks via…Read More

29 April, 2015
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Boston Options Exchange to Launch Securities Token Mart

Securities Token Offering to Displace Initial Token Offering Fad; BOX in JV with digital broker-dealer tZero to Create Securities Token Exchange platform (Redistributed with permission; story from Traders Magazine)-Well, Matilda, the Boston Options Exchange (BOX) is plotting to create the first regulated exchange to list and traffic in securities tokens…Read More

24 May, 2018
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SEC Subpoena Smackdown: ICO Issuers & Enablers Get Pinned

An SEC subpoena is not exactly what any Issuer (or stock promoter) puts on the top of their birthday wish list. And, for crypto cool kids who are either already a member of the ICO Issuers Club, or who have applied to become part of the dapper dapp crowd that…Read More

2 March, 2018
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What’s Next? A Blockchain-Powered ATS for Equities

"What's Next? Well, for those familiar with Patrick Byrne, the controversial and innovative founder of Overstock.com, one of the first online retailers to embrace the use of bitcoins, it should not be a surprise that Overstock's chief honcho would 'get the joke' and realize its all about the underlying technology…Read More

9 September, 2016

#WhatsNext: The First Crypto Bond Issuance aka Bitcoin Bond

#WhatsNext? wonders the MarketsMuse.com editors and Overstock's Patrick Byrne does not fail to surprise with another announcement that could disrupt the capital markets. As a follow-on to a $500mil stock offering reported here on April 29, now Byrne is pitching an offering that he hopes to be the first issuance…Read More

8 June, 2015