Barry Silbert

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Barry Silbert
Born1976 (age 49–50)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Education Goizueta Business School
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known forEarly investor in Bitcoin

Barry Silbert is an American entrepreneur and investor who is the CEO of the Digital Currency Group. [1] [2] [3] As of 2022, he was estimated to have a net worth of $3.2 billion. [4]

Career

In 2004, Silbert founded SecondMarket, an online marketplace for shares in private technology companies. It was valued at $200 million in 2011. [5] It was acquired by Nasdaq in 2015. [6]

Silbert began buying up Bitcoin in 2012. [3]

In October 2015, Silbert founded Digital Currency Group. [7]

In November 2024, Silbert announced that he was launching Yuma, a decentralized artificial intelligence company. [8]

In August 2025, Silbert returned as chairman of Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of the Digital Currency Group, following leadership changes at the company. [9]

In January 2026, Silbert was named in a $14 billion RICO amended complaint, which alleged that he and Digital Currency Group had directed "block withholding" attacks against a Pennsylvania-based mining pool to rig the Bitcoin "Block Size War" and establish Bitcoin as "Digital Gold," thus artificially inflating its price at the expense of American investors. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Roush, Ty. "Crypto Exec Barry Silbert's Firm Wants New York's $3 Billion Genesis Fraud Suit Tossed Out—Calling It 'Baseless'". Forbes.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Dugan, Kevin T. (May 20, 2024). "The Crypto World Has a New Villain". Intelligencer.
  4. ↑ "Barry Silbert". Forbes.
  5. ↑ Ante, Spencer E. "SecondMarket Gets Its Own Funding".
  6. ↑ Hope, Tess Stynes and Bradley. "Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket, Profit Rises 12%".
  7. ↑ Vigna, Paul. "Bitcoin-Focused Investment Firm Brings On Western Union, Lawrence Summers".
  8. ↑ Huang, Vicky Ge. "The Crypto Magnate Barry Silbert Pins His Comeback on AI".
  9. ↑ "DCG's Barry Silbert Returns to Grayscale as Chairman". CoinDesk. August 4, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sokolowski v. Silbert Second Amended Complaint" (PDF). Retrieved January 20, 2026.
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