SEC Filing Hints at Overstock's Plan for Bitcoin-Based Securities
Overstock.com, the online retailer currently developing decentralized stock market Medici, has outlined how it might issue digital securities in a new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Submitted on 24th April, the S-3 form outlines Overstock's intention to issue new stocks or securities. The offerings, according to the company, could amount to as much as $500m. The filing also details how Overstock may seek to issue digital securities through an alternative trading system. Under a section entitled 'Risks Applicable to Digital Securities Offerings', the company states: "We....
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According to multiple sources close to Overstock, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a S-3 filing for online retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) to issue new publicly traded shares of the company on the Bitcoin blockchain. An Overstock spokesperson declined to comment on the situation but said that the company would be issuing a formal statement in the next 48 hours. Form S-3 is a securities registration form that gives companies a simplified process for issuing publicly traded securities. Unlike Form S-1, which is the comprehensive filing required for....
The Salt Lake City-based online retailer Overstock is working on a revolutionary new development: a new independent stock exchange dubbed Medici, powered by Bitcoin technology. The new stock exchange could sidestep traditional stock exchanges such as NYSE and NASDAQ and issue corporate stock directly over the Internet. In a prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, Overstock indicated that it may issue up to $500 million in stock or other securities through an alternative trading system built upon blockchain technology that powers bitcoin. Overstock's CEO....
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly approved Overstock's plans to issue stock via the blockchain through its subsidiary tØ platform. According to Wired, the company was granted an amended Form S-3 - a requirement solely for companies that report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - meaning that it could now issue public securities leveraging blockchain technology. It is still unclear when the company will issue its first public security on a distributed ledger but Patrick Byrne, Overstock's CEO, told Wired: "You can assume its high on our list of....
In a Form S-3 filed with the SEC on November 10, Overstock.com sought approval to issue up to $500 million in new securities "from time to time" in the form of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, debt securities or units. But approval of this S-3 is in not an immediate sign that Overstock is issuing any securities. "This prospectus provides you with a general description of the security we may offer," Overstock wrote in its S-3. "Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that....
According to a report from Wired, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the online retail giant Overstock's plan to issue securities via the Bitcoin blockchain. This is the first-of-its-kind approval from the regulatory authority that might completely alter the way how public securities are issued and traded in the future. Overstock had earlier issued private securities using the blockchain which did not require the authority's approval. The blockchain is a public ledger of transactions; however, it can also be used to record data of anything including stocks, real....