OSTK to HODL: Overstock to Keep 50% of All Bitcoin Payments as Investments
Online retailer Overstock.com is shifting an earlier strategy by keeping half of the bitcoin it takes in as payment, the company's CEO has said.
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Online retailer Overstock.com is shifting its cryptocurrency investment strategy keeping half of the bitcoin it takes in as payment, the company's CEO has said.
Overstock reported its second-quarter earnings last week, revealing that its Medici blockchain business lost $3.3 million before taxes during that period. At the time, the company explained the loss as necessary as it continues to ramp up development around it t0 crypto-securities trading platform.
According to Byrne, Overstock's board of directors approved a plan to keep 50 percent instead. Notably, he indicated that the firm may move to hold other "crypto-securities", but did not elaborate further on what that might constitute.
He said on the earnings call:
In response to the question, Byrne said that the company did at one point see a bump-up in overall bitcoin spending.
"We have seen a material change, in part because of everything in the news it spiked and then it settled back down to about $50,000 per week," Byrne explained.
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