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Deep DivesBarry Silbert

Barry Silbert

Role

Founder & CEO, Digital Currency Group; Founder, SecondMarket

Location

New York

Education

Emory University

Current Project

Digital Currency Group, Grayscale Investments

Previous Projects

SecondMarket, Houlihan Lokey

Twitter

@barrysilbert

LinkedIn

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About Barry Silbert

Barry Silbert is the founder and CEO of the Digital Currency Group, the parent company of Grayscale Investments. Silbert began investing in blockchain technology companies in 2013; Digital Currency Group subsequently acquired crypto media outlet CoinDesk in 2016.

Recent News

  • Grayscale's flagship product is its Bitcoin Trust. Image: Shutterstock.

    Is Grayscale Done Selling Bitcoin? Withdrawals Drop by Over Half to $200 Million

    After moving markets with its shuffling of Bitcoin holdings, Grayscale has significantly slowed its BTC outflows down, according to blockchain analysts.  In a Tuesday post on Twitter, Arkham Intelligence dropped figures showing that Grayscale had offloaded over 4,400 BTC to its custodian Coinbase over the past day.  The price of that much BTC right now stands under $200 million. But that latest offloading was “less than half of the average daily volume last week.” Flows from Grayscale today wer...

    NewsMarkets
    2 min read
    Mat Di Salvo

  • Barry Silbert Out as Grayscale Chairman While Bitcoin ETF Decision Looms

    Barry Silbert resigned as chairman of the board of Grayscale Investments, the company announced Tuesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Silbert, the CEO of Grayscale’s parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG), had not publicly commented on the resignation as of this writing. Another Grayscale board member, Mark Murphy, has also joined Silbert in stepping down from the board. Both men’s resignations are set to go into effect January 1. Mark Shifke, DCG’s current...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Images: SALT/Rena Schild/Shutterstock.com

    Gemini Calls Description of $218 Million Genesis Withdrawal ‘Pure Fantasy’

    Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini said on Thursday that the firm pulled $282 million last August from crypto bank Genesis for the benefit of its customers, pushing back against an article in the New York Post that described the transaction in a more ominous way. The story published a day ago claimed Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss “secretly withdrew” millions of dollars of funds months before Genesis suspended customer withdrawals—and left Gemini Earn customers with frozen funds. An...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Images: SALT/Rena Schild/Shutterstock.com

    Digital Currency Group Wants 'Hodgepodge' Gemini Lawsuit Tossed Out

    Digital Currency Group (DCG) and CEO Barry Silbert filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Gemini Trust Company last month. Gemini accused DCG and Silbert of making "false, misleading, and incomplete representations” to Gemini after Genesis—which is owned by DCG—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. Gemini’s complaint included an allegation that Silbert knew Genesis was “massively insolvent” after it sustained hefty losses from the collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arr...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    André Beganski
  • The Winklevoss twins co-founded the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. Image: Shutterstock

    Gemini Lawsuit Accuses Barry Silbert and Digital Currency Group of Fraud

    After threatening to do so for months, Gemini Trust Company accused Digital Currency Group (DCG) and its CEO Barry Silbert of fraud in a lawsuit filed Friday. In the complaint, the New York-based crypto exchange accuses DCG—parent company of bankrupt digital asset firm Genesis—and its founder of making "false, misleading, and incomplete representations and omissions to Gemini." Gemini and Genesis have been locked in a public battle over Gemini Earn, a program that allowed users to receive betwee...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Stacy Elliott

  • DCG’s Barry Silbert Sells $755K Worth of Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust Shares

    Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), has sold some of his Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETCG) shares, according to a recent SEC filing. DCG is one of the largest crypto conglomerates on the market and counts Grayscale Investments, the trust’s issuer, as one of its subsidiaries. According to the filing, Silbert has moved to liquidate nearly 120,000 ETCG shares, worth an aggregate market value of approximately $755,295 dollars. This also appears to be the first t...

    NewsCoins
    2 min read
    Pedro Solimano
  • Image: Shutterstock

    From 'Bitcoin Billionaires' to SEC Charges: A Brief Crypto History of the Winklevoss Twins

    Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss went from being the co-originators of Facebook deceived by Mark Zuckerberg (as dramatized in the film “The Social Network”) to early crypto adopters who became "Bitcoin billionaires." Now their firm has been charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC hit the twins’ cryptocurrency exchange Gemini with charges of securities violations on Thursday due to its Gemini Earn program, which promised a return to customers who deposited their...

    NewsBusiness
    6 min read
    Andrew Hayward
  • Image: Nerdist

    This Week on Crypto Twitter: Winklevoss Beefs with Silbert Over $900 Million, SBF Donations Tied to Pro-Trump Organizations

    Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt The week was a cautiously optimistic one for an industry still shaken by the turmoil of last year. Prices grew all week with Solana leading the charge with a 36% rally, all the more surprising considering SOL’s price was in freefall for the last two months following the collapse of FTX. But there are still further crises in the industry, like that of crypto exchange Gemini and its lending partner, crypto prime broker Genesis. Genesis allegedly owes $9...

    NewsCoins
    4 min read
    Tim Hakki

  • DCG Confirms Shutdown of Wealth Management Subsidiary HQ

    Digital Currency Group (DCG), the crypto conglomerate that owns beleaguered crypto broker Genesis and digital asset manager Grayscale, confirmed Thursday that it is shuttering HQ, its wealth management division, as first reported by The Information. “Due to the state of the broader economic environment and prolonged crypto winter presenting significant headwinds to the industry, we made the decision to wind down HQ, effective January 31, 2023,” a DCG spokesperson told Decrypt. “We’re proud of th...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are the founders of Gemini. Image: Shutterstock

    Gemini’s Winklevoss Slams DCG CEO Silbert for ‘Bad Faith Stall Tactics’ Over $900M in Locked Funds

    Crypto broker Genesis, owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), is in a bad spot. The company’s lending arm halted customer withdrawals in November amid the downfall of FTX, and it reportedly owes users of crypto exchange Gemini’s Earn product some $900 million. Now, one of Gemini’s founders is calling out DCG’s CEO over what he calls “bad faith stall tactics.” Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss tweeted an open letter to DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert on Monday, addressing what he characteriz...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Andrew Hayward
  • Digital Currency Group. Image: Shutterstock

    Digital Currency Group Says No Imminent Threat Despite Owing Genesis $575M

    Amid concerns over the health and future of Digital Currency Group (DCG) following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, company CEO Barry Silbert told shareholders of the crypto conglomerate that while it owes its own Genesis Trading arm $575 million, the firm aims to emerge "stronger" from the crypto winter. Silbert said in the letter to investors, according to The Wall Street Journal, that the $575 million worth of intercompany loans are due in May 2023, and that DCG took out the loans like an...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Andrew Hayward

  • Kathy Hochul Will Decide Fate of Bitcoin Mining in New York

    The legal status of Bitcoin mining in the state of New York now rests in Governor Kathy Hochul’s hands—and she faces mounting pressure to pick a side. On Friday, state senators in New York voted to approve a bill that would create a 2-year moratorium on crypto mining operations that use carbon-based power. The bill is now headed to Hochul’s desk, starting a 10-day clock for her to sign it into law or veto it.  If she signs the bill, it would make New York the first state in the U.S. to curtail t...

    NewsBusiness
    5 min read
    Stacy Elliott
  • GBTC is trading at a discount. Image: Shutterstock

    Digital Currency Group Authorized to Buy $1 Billion Worth Of GBTC Shares

    Crypto investment firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has upped its authorization to purchase Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust’s (GBTC) shares from $750 million to $1 billion. The trust is run by digital asset manager Grayscale Investments, which is itself owned by DCG. In an announcement on Wednesday, DCG said that it “plans to use cash on hand to fund the purchases and will make the purchases on the open market, at management’s discretion.” The firm added that as of October 19 it has bought $388 millio...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Andrew Asmakov
  • Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust is a popular way for mainstream investors to jump into BTC. Image: Shutterstock

    How Grayscale Is Sucking Up All the Bitcoin

    Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments is not your average cryptocurrency company. The regulated firm has been attracting an incredible amount of institutional money. In the last week alone, the firm’s holdings grew by approximately 56,000 Bitcoin, with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust now looking after a total of $11.1 billion in Bitcoin. That lump sum is 2.7% of Bitcoin’s total supply. 12/16/20 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investm...

    Deep DivesLong Reads
    7 min read
    Shaurya Malwa
  • Galaxy Digital's full-page Bitcoin ad in the FT. Image: Twitter

    Buy Bitcoin, screams Galaxy's huge ad in the Financial Times

    Digital asset manager Galaxy Digital has one-upped rival fund manager Grayscale Investments with a full-page ad in the Financial Times today. And, unlike Grayscale's recent marketing play, this one actually clearly mentions Bitcoin. "In uncertain times, Bitcoin is a hedge independent of the hegemony," the broadsheet ad brazenly reads. The ad positions Bitcoin's "hard-coded" fixed supply and consequent scarcity as a hedge against risks, such as inflation, that arise from economic uncertainty. Fo...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will Heasman
  • Bitcoin is the number one cryptocurrency by market cap. (Image: Shutterstock)

    Bitcoin is beyond banning in the US, says Grayscale CEO

    US regulators are unlikely to come after Bitcoin, no matter who’s in the White House this Fall. That’s the verdict of Barry Silbert, CEO of venture firm Digital Currency Group and its subsidiary, leading digital asset management firm Grayscale. Bitcoin has been in US regulators’ sights since 2012, when the US Attorney General’s office began investigating the cryptocurrency. Last year, US President Donald Trump criticized it and other cryptocurrencies as being a medium for “illegal activity.” I...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Adriana Hamacher