Who is DCG’s Barry Silbert, the crypto baron in the crosshairs of the Winklevoss twins over ‘bad faith’ business practices?

• Barry Silbert is the CEO of Digital Currency Group, the crypto conglomerate that owns Genesis and Grayscale.
• Crypto lender Genesis halted loan redemptions and originations due to a liquidity crisis in November.
• Silbert is the eighth richest person in crypto, according to Forbes.

Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group looks like one of the last crypto empires still standing after FTX’s collapse last year.

In 2015, the 46 year old started Digital Currency Group (DCG), the $10 billion parent company that controls industry giants like crypto brokerage Genesis and digital asset manager Grayscale. The conglomerate also owns trade publication Coindesk, crypto mining firm Foundry Services, crypto index provider TradeBlock, and digital asset platform Luno Global.