{"id":"tp-796","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Overstock CEO plans to sell retail business by February 2019 amid blockchain push","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/796","datePublished":"2018-11-26T10:52:04.000Z","dateModified":"2018-11-26T10:52:04.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Overstock founder and CEO Patrick Byrne plans to sell the firm’s retail business in the forthcoming months and focus on blockchain technology, the Wall Street Journal reported.","section":"Business","references":[{"title":"reported","url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/overstocks-founder-bets-on-blockchain-not-bedsheets-1542969001?emailToken=579962329bdb93b7214cb5d03f8c14f0dvZaiwp+O6VCPTuAi/1phLNsFxFcxpQkIDsYx31AKf5b7qo2jyxO+gol6yqdQ99T7MQEJbL5icke3hmjrHP+tCj+UnyoHztYqxYdphNiB6g%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share&ns=prod/accounts-wsj"},{"title":"Byrne selling off 10 percent","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/11/overstock-ceo-sells-10percent-of-shares-but-warns-investors-in-a-bizarre-letter-not-to-be-alarmed.html"},{"title":"Byrne made the first purchase","url":"http://investors.overstock.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131091&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2056957"},{"title":"raised $134 million","url":"https://www.econotimes.com/Blockchain-startup-tZero-raises-134M-in-security-token-offering-1414423"},{"title":"announced","url":"https://www.econotimes.com/Overstock-CEO-unveils-new-venture-on-blockchain-based-global-property-registry-system-1060876"}]}