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August 26, 2022 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), an e-commerce company, has announced an investment in tZERO, a digital asset issuance and trading platform. tZERO was once a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock. In a corporate release, Overstock announced that it had completed the second tranche of a previously announced investment… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has announced that its blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, has been successfully transferred to Pelion Venture Partners. In early 2021, Overstock announced that had migrated Medici Ventures to a limited partnership while partnering with Pelion Venture Partners to act as the general partner of the… Read More

January 25, 2021 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has migrated Medici Ventures to a limited partnership while enlisting Pelion Venture Partners to act as the general partner of the fund. Medici oversees a number of blockchain-focused ventures including tZero. Overstock will be a limited partner in the fund. Shares in Overstock… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Medici Ventures has invested $8 million into Bitt, a Barbados-based company. The equity investment into Bitt effectively gives Medici control of the company. Medici Ventures is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) that focuses on blockchain technology. Bitt was founded in 2013 as an infrastructure… Read More

July 30, 2020 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) reported results this morning that “represent discipline and a lot of hard work” according to the company. The company said that new customers tripled year over year as many new customers found them during Q2 – boosted by the COVID lockdown. The company… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has announced receipt of Depository Trust Company (DTC) granted eligibility for the company’s Digital Voting Series A-1 Preferred Stock, OSTKO. This eligibility allows for depository and book-entry services at DTC – similar to all other traditional exchange-traded shares. Approval by DTC was expected. Yesterday,… Read More

March 13, 2020 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), an eCommerce site and blockchain company is out with its Q4 earnings report. During Q4 net revenue declined from the same period last year by 18% to $370.9 million. Overall, Overstock generated as loss of $27 million. Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson commented on… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Vital Chain, a blockchain-based platform that digitizes birth and death certificates, has announced a partnership with the MetroHealth System. Vital Chain is majority-owned by Ownum. MetroHealth is a sizeable hospital group and public health system supported, in part, by public funds. Based in Cleveland, Ohio,… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GrainChain, a blockchain-powered agricultural solution developer, revealed on March 6, 2020, that it secured $8.2 million in funding from Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of retail firm Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK).   GrainChain also received investments from Eden Block, a blockchain venture company, and several other investors.  GranChain’s investment… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock to Float New Shares, Seeks $150 Million Shares in Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) are tanking hitting 52-month lows following today’s earnings release and the revelation that the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a subpoena in October in regards to the digital dividend and former CEO… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) says it will hold a shareholder vote regarding approval pertaining to a planned digital dividend powered by tZero. Overstock has indicated it continues to work with regulators on the issuance of the “digital Series A-1 dividend.” In a release, Overstock stated: “Overstock will… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock’s (NASDAQ: OSTK) blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, has bought a 5.1% stake in Bankorus, a blockchain banking platform focused on custody, lending, and exchange of assets on the blockchain, according to a release from the firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bankorous’ platform… Read More

December 18, 2018 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Medici Ventures, the blockchain holding company subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) says it has completed an equity token transfer using the Ravencoin blockchain. Medici reports it purchased $3.6 million in Chainstone Labs, a stealth Fintech startup that is focused on digital securities. Chainstone, founded by CEO… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 7:14 am By JD Alois  |  

GrainChain, a blockchain startup for documenting agricultural yield and handling payments, has received an equity investment from Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK) subsidiary Medici Ventures. According to a note from the company, Medici has invested $2.5 million purchasing a 10% ownership stake in the firm. Medici has… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) is moving things around once again by boosting its ownership in Bitt.com, a Blockchain based payments platform that is based in Barbados. The move was orchestrated by Medici Ventures, Overstock’s Blockchain subsidiary, and it was part of an option that was exercised to invest… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Medici Ventures, a major blockchain tech investor, completed its strategic investment in Symbiont. As part of the new relationship, the two companies will collaborate on strategic projects involving both Medici Ventures and its parent company, Overstock.com Common Shares (NASDAQ:OSTK) / Series A Preferred (Medici Ventures’ t0 platform… Read More