{"id":66,"date":"2016-03-18T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/overstock-to-place-its-public-shares-on\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T00:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:33:20","slug":"overstock-to-place-its-public-shares-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/overstock-to-place-its-public-shares-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Overstock to place its public shares on t0 blockchain platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 41st Annual International Futures Industry Conference, the American online retailer <b>Overstock<\/b> decided to issue its public shares on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t0.com\/\">proof-of-ownership <b>blockchian<\/b> called <b>t0<\/b><\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Announced in August, t0 is <i>\u201cbuilt upon decentralized, cryptographically protected ledgers, which anybody can access and inspect. This ensures fairness to the entire market, without regard for size or geographic location\u201d<\/i>, explained the official website.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>SEC approves Overstock&#8217;s issue on the blockchain<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To do so, <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/overstock-blockchain-stock.html\">Overstock<\/a> had to obtain a specific authorization from the <b>Securities and Exchange Commission<\/b> (SEC), who approved the issue of public shares via Internet in December.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-f9BOObwlQKM\/VuwZ6iGlNuI\/AAAAAAAAATA\/WqEA7tFwufIGOu7GSQ_eQpAksxt-t7D8A\/s1600\/private-property-1563209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sec approval overstock blockchain t0 public shares\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/private-property-1563209.jpg\" alt=\"sec approves overstock blockchain t0 public shares\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In fact, Overstock will be the first company in the world to do a <b style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blockchain public offering<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;This is yet another historic event: the creation of a security that will trade and settle entirely on a distributed ledger. I&#8217;ve said from the beginning that blockchain technology is going to change the world of finance forever, and we&#8217;re leading that charge\u201d<\/i>, commented t0 <b>CEO Patrick M. Byrne<\/b> (and Overstock CEO and founder) in the official press release.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This way, the company stock will be issued in two versions: one available on traditional trading systems (such as Nasdaq) and another one on t0.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>But it is limited to&#8230;<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only the Overstock shareholders will be able to benefit from this offering, provided that they are in the records as of a date yet to be decided; also it will be limited to 1,000,000 shares of blockchain and traditional Series A preferred stock.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 41st Annual International Futures Industry Conference, the American online retailer Overstock decided to issue its public shares on a proof-of-ownership blockchian called t0. 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