Overstock CEO: This Is When You Will See Me Sell the Company

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has made headlines lately for trying to sell his company to invest in blockchain. He talks with TheStreet about the move.
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Overstock (OSTK) founder Patrick Byrne is ready to sell his internet business and pursue a passion for blockchain technology. 

"By February or March you will see an announcement on a course taken either selling [Overstock] to a bricks-and-mortar retailer or someone taking a strategic investment," Byrne told TheStreet. Byrne added that he is leaning toward selling Overstock to a bricks-and-mortar retailer.

"The gods of economics want it - there are just unbelievable synergies," Byrne said of joining forces with a big box retailer.

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