Thread by @MissMaga2016

Rut Roh....Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne just resigned Over his recent comments about helping the FBI in the Russiagate investigation.

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1164590474646183936

Here’s the full statement from Patrick Byrne:

https://twitter.com/benwinslow/status/1164569052880101376?s=21

Hmm, I just came upon this article about Byrne, which says he/Overstock started a security token market for crypto, called tZero, which is under SEC investigation.

Interesting 🧐

forbes.com/sites/laurende…

From the article:

He’s also all over the place with starting new ventures within Overstock and losing lots of money. I do realize that many business ventures fail and if you never try, you’ll never succeed, but It’s all a bit questionable to me.

H/T to @oldmanluvsmineo for finding this. Looks like Byrne was sued for defamation in Canada several years ago and lost. Had to do with a conspiracy website Byrne controlled.

vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

Here’s a little more info about the SEC investigation. Looks like Overstock/tZero was part of a larger SEC probe into crypto ICOs.

coindesk.com/overstock-conf…

Part of the SEC probe requested info on tZero’s $250 million token sale.

coindesk.com/overstock-dela…

There was also supposed to be a deal with Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital, who was going to invest $404 million into Overstock and tZero, but it never went through. They then sign Ed a MOU with GSR and a 3rd company, Makara Capital.

H/T to @Joestradamus91 for interesting links he found and wrote about here, including Byrne's website, Glenn Simpson, Sater, a Russian, and a court case.

philantropyinthemaking.com/2019/08/23/gle…

Another very interesting find, thank you @NonsenseEnd!

Perkins Coie helped Overstock launch their crypto 👇

perkinscoie.com/en/experience/…

H/t @wakeywakey16

https://twitter.com/wakeywakey16/status/1165463340610723841?s=21

I just did a search of his timeline and here’s another interesting tweet:

archive.fo/LkUit

Question is...is it all theater or is he feeling the heat and trying to get ahead of a story to come?

Not sure if Byrne was sending a message w/ his cap or not, but here's some more interesting info. H/T @RichardPainter0

Byrne wore a "Make America Grateful Again" hat in an interview the other day. John Perry Barlow was a lyricist for the Grateful Dead.

https://twitter.com/RichardPainter0/status/1165646878383493121

John Perry Barlow was also a founding member of the EFF and Freedom of the Press Foundation. He's done interviews with Assange and Snowden, and sat on the board of the FPF along with Snowden.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perr…