Barry Silbert is the Founder of Digital Currency Group, a company building the foundation for the digital currency revolution by investing, starting and growing companies in the Bitcoin space. In addition, Barry also created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, a private, open-ended trust that is invested exclusively in bitcoin and derives its value solely from the price of bitcoin. It enables investors to gain exposure to the price movement of bitcoin without the challenges of buying, storing, and safekeeping bitcoins. Barry is also one of the most prolific angel investors in the bitcoin space via his personal investment vehicle, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., with investments in over 40 bitcoin-related companies, including BitGo, BitPay, BitPagos, BitPesa, Chain, Circle, Coinbase, Gyft, Kraken, Ripple Labs, TradeBlock, Unocoin and Xapo. Prior to founding Digital Currency Group, Barry founded SecondMarket, a platform that enables private companies and investment funds to more efficiently raise capital and provide liquidity to their stakeholders by simplifying complex transaction workflows, streamlining investor onboarding and verifying that investors are accredited. SecondMarket has received numerous accolades in recent years including being named by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and has received honors from Forbes, Fast Company, Deloitte and other organizations. Barry has received several individual honors including being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and Crain's, and being selected to Fortune's prestigious "40 Under 40" list. Prior to founding SecondMarket in 2004, Barry was an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey and graduated with honors from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.

Founder & CEO @ Digital Currency Group builds, incubates and seeds bitcoin and blockchain technology-related companies. DCG owns and operates the industry's leading bitcoin brokerage firm, Genesis Trading, and the largest digital currency asset management firm, Grayscale Investments, which manages the first publicly traded bitcoin investment vehicle, the Bitcoin Investment Trust (symbol: GBTC). DCG has also been the most active seed investor in the digital currency industry with over 50 investments in 15 different countries. Based in New York City, DCG is helping to build the foundation of a new blockchain-based financial services industry. From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Greater New York City AreaFounder @ The Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) is a private, open-ended trust that is invested exclusively in bitcoin and derives its value solely from the price of bitcoin. It enables investors to gain exposure to the price movement of bitcoin without the challenges of buying, storing, and safekeeping bitcoins. From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Founder & Chairman @ From June 2014 to October 2015 (1 year 5 months) Founder, Chairman & CEO @ From September 2008 to June 2014 (5 years 10 months) Chief Executive Officer @ From January 2004 to September 2008 (4 years 9 months) Associate @ From August 1998 to January 2004 (5 years 6 months)

BBA, Finance @ Emory University - Goizueta Business School From 1994 to 1998 Barry Silbert is skilled in: Venture Capital, Corporate Development, Alternative Investments, Private Equity, Start-ups, Investments, Corporate Finance, Securities, Fixed Income, Entrepreneurship, Trading, Financial Modeling, Capital Markets, Funding, Valuation