Barry Silbert
 | This article needs to be updated. (October 2026) |
Barry Silbert | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Education | Emory University (BBA) |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur investor |
| Known for | Early investor in Bitcoin |
Barry Silbert is an American entrepreneur and investor who is the CEO of the Digital Currency Group. As of 2022, he was estimated to have a net worth of $3.2 billion.
Career
In 2004, Silbert founded SecondMarket, an online marketplace for shares in private technology companies. It was valued at $200 million in 2011. It was acquired by Nasdaq in 2015.
Silbert began buying up Bitcoin in 2012. In 2015, Silbert sold SecondMarket to Nasdaq in 2015.
In October 2015, Silbert founded Digital Currency Group (DCG). From the outset, DCG operated two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Genesis Global Trading and Grayscale Investments. Genesis filed for bankruptcy in 2023 after one of its largest lenders, Three Arrows Capital, defaulted on its loans totaling $1.2 billion.
In November 2024, Silbert announced that he was launching Yuma, a decentralized artificial intelligence company.
In August 2025, Silbert returned as chairman of Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of the Digital Currency Group, following leadership changes at the company.
References
- ↑ "Entrepreneurship & Innovation Alumni". Goizueta Business School. Emory University. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ Roush, Ty. "Crypto Exec Barry Silbert's Firm Wants New York's $3 Billion Genesis Fraud Suit Tossed Out—Calling It 'Baseless'". Forbes.
- ↑ Zuckerman, Gregory; Huang, Vicky Ge; Ostroff, Caitlin (2023-01-17). "A Crypto Magnate Saw the Risks and Still Was Hammered". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- 1 2 Dugan, Kevin T. (May 20, 2024). "The Crypto World Has a New Villain". Intelligencer.
- ↑ "Barry Silbert". Forbes.
- ↑ Ante, Spencer E. "SecondMarket Gets Its Own Funding".
- ↑ Hope, Tess Stynes and Bradley. "Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket, Profit Rises 12%".
- ↑ Vigna, Paul. "Bitcoin-Focused Investment Firm Brings On Western Union, Lawrence Summers".
- ↑ Tepper, Fitz (October 27, 2015). "Barry Silbert Launches Digital Currency Group With Funding From MasterCard, Others". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "Crypto lender Genesis files for bankruptcy". BBC. January 20, 2023.
- ↑ Huang, Vicky Ge. "The Crypto Magnate Barry Silbert Pins His Comeback on AI".
- ↑ "DCG's Barry Silbert Returns to Grayscale as Chairman". CoinDesk. August 4, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.