“While I believe that I did what was necessary for the good of the country, for the good of the firm, I am in the sad position of having to sever ties with Overstock,” Byrne wrote in the Thursday statement.
Byrne’s bizarre comments -- contained in today’s statement, in an Aug. 12 release and a New York Times interview published Aug. 15 -- come as little surprise to followers of his career. After all, this is the e-tail impresario and cryptocurrency and blockchain evangelist who espoused grassy-knoll theories about Wall Street and the evil -- and unnamed -- “Sith Lord” hedge fund manager who conspired to take him down.
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He likened Overstock’s crypto ambitions to Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine and joked on a conference call in recent weeks about loaning office space to the Securities and Exchange Commission amid an investigation into the company’s tZero blockchain push.
Byrne has talked about the dark underbelly of Wall Street, been spoofed in the tabloids with UFOs hovering over his head and accused journalists of performing sex for access. He launched Overstock in 1999 as a sort of Internet garage sale.