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Grayscale CEO outlines 6 themes that will shape crypto market in 2021

20.1.2021
Widespread institutional adoption, favorable regulation, and the growth of North American crypto mining are just some of the themes Michael Sonnenshein believes will materialize in 2021

Crypto Security Firm Fireblocks Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding, Targets Global Expansion

19.11.2020
Crypto security firm Fireblocks said Wednesday that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The money will be used to hire new talent as well as to expand its global operations to meet “institutional and retail market demand for digital assets.” The round was led...

Digital Currency Group IPO could easily fetch $4 billion, says Messari

12.11.2020
Could Digital Currency Group be the first major crypto company to go public?

Bitcoin Businesses on the Mend: Report Shows 57% of Crypto Execs Expect the Industry to Accelerate, Companies Are Hiring

23.10.2020
Digital Currency Group (DCG) recently published the firm’s “State of Crypto 2020” report which polls more than 150 portfolio crypto companies. According to the study, 75% of the respondents believe the value of their business has grown this year, while 50% of the startups have...

Grayscale Adds $300 Million in Cryptocurrency Assets Under Management in Just 24 Hours

23.10.2020
Grayscale Investments said Thursday that it added $300 million in net assets under management (AUM) in just the last 24 hours. ■ The firm now has a record $7.3 billion in total AUM, according to a tweet by Barry Silbert, chief executive officer of the Digital Currency Group, Grayscale’s...

South African Crypto Exchange Luno Expanding Globally After Acquisition by Digital Currency Group

10.9.2020
Digital Currency Group has acquired South African cryptocurrency exchange Luno, which has more than five million customers in over 40 countries. The acquisition will help Luno expand globally, including across its existing markets in Africa, Europe, and Asia. DCG Committed to Helping Luno Expand...

Digital Currency Group acquires cryptocurrency exchange Luno

9.9.2020
After providing initial seed funding to Luno in 2014, Digital Currency Group has acquired the cryptocurrency exchange platform

Digital Currency Group Snaps Up British Crypto Exchange Luno

9.9.2020
Barry Silbert. The New York-based crypto investor the Digital Currency Group (DCG) has announced it has taken over UK-based crypto exchange Luno for an undisclosed sum. DCG made an initial investment in Luno back in 2014, but the platform has continued to grow in recent years, setting up bases...

DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet

9.9.2020
Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers

Digital Currency Group Pledges $100 Million to Bolster Bitcoin Mining Industry

28.8.2020
The firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) is entering the mining industry, as the firm has pledged $100 million into a cryptocurrency mining firm called Foundry. The mining company Foundry was noiselessly founded in 2019 and it aims to offer capital, consulting, and intelligence to digital assets...

PayPal Co-Founder, DCG-Backed BTC Mining Firm Layer1 Accused of Patent Infringement

15.8.2020
Data center power management firm Lancium filed a lawsuit against Layer1 today, alleging that the BTC mining firm’s operations had infringed upon its patent

Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust Filed With the SEC to Obtain Reporting Status

7.8.2020
The digital currency asset manager Grayscale told investors on Thursday that the firm has publicly filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the company’s Ethereum Trust. The recent filing is voluntary and if the SEC approves...

Circle Gets $25M From DCG to Drive USDC Mainstream

30.7.2020
USDC backer Circle is teaming with Genesis Trading in a $25 million deal aimed at pushing the stablecoin to the fintech masses

Cryptocurrency News From Japan: July 5 - July 11 in Review

11.7.2020
Tosei real estate and Tokyo Financial Holdings issued an asset-backed digital financial product, Coinage registered with Japanese authorities as an exchange and more headlined news from Japan this past week

Barry Silbert

5.6.2020
Barry Silbert is the founder of venture firm Digital Currency Group (DCG), crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and illiquid assets marketplace SecondMarket. Silbert founded SecondMarket in 2004, where he created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, wholly devoted to bitcoin and the first investment...

Grayscale’s Bitcoin Holdings Pass $3 Billion, Growing 76% Year-on-Year

20.5.2020
American digital asset management fund Grayscale has continued to grow, with the total assets under management hitting $3.8 billion

Digital Currency Group

29.4.2020
Founded by Barry Silbert in 2015, Digital Currency Group (DCG) is a venture capital firm that invests solely in the digital currency industry. Digital Currency Group has three subsidiaries: CoinDesk, which was purchased in January 2016, digital currency brokerage firm Genesis Trading and digital...