Barry Silbert Introduces the Digital Currency Group
Barry Silbert, Founder of SecondMarket, the Bitcoin Investment Trust, and the Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. seed fund announced today that he's about ready to separate his bitcoin-related businesses from SecondMarket - an illiquid access marketplace. The name? Aptly called the Digital Currency Group, and if you check out their website right now, you won't come across a whole lot of information at the moment. Silbert has been immensely interested in bitcoin and digital currency over the past year. Back in July of this year, it was announced that he would be stepping down from his role as CEO at....
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MasterCard is backing Barry Silbert's newest initiative, Digital Currency Group, his first since selling SecondMarket to Nasdaq last week. Many believe this marks a major development in the Bitcoin space as the digital currency flirts with the $300 level. Silbert has gained the support of big-time backers for the new conglomerate focused exclusively on Bitcoin and other block chain technologies. The new company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), will include Silbert's over-the-counter Bitcoin trading firm, Genesis Global Trading, as well as Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset....
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