Overstock.com CEO Hopes Bitcoin Will Destroy Central Banking

Overstock.com CEO Hopes Bitcoin Will Destroy Central Banking

Dr Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, sure loves Bitcoin. It's unsurprising, seeing as his company has seen massive Bitcoin transactions since Overstock began accepting Bitcoin a few weeks ago with over $100,000 in sales. But in a recent interview with conservative news outlet Rare, Byrne discusses his views on Bitcoin and counters Paul Krugman's assertion that "Bitcoin is Evil". https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/129661708. Byrne doesn't beat around the bush. He dives right in with one of the first things he says being, "[Krugman] went crazy about a decade ago, more than a decade." Byrne....


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