# DCG

> Digital Currency Group is a Stamford-based permanent-capital company that owns and operates digital-asset businesses while investing across crypto, fintech and decentralized AI. Its portfolio spans more than 200 equity investments, more than 50 funds and more than 30 token holdings, while owned companies such as Grayscale, Foundry, Luno, Yuma and Fortitude serve investors, miners, consumers and AI builders. That breadth is DCG's advantage, but the collapse of its Genesis lending unit and a 2025 SEC settlement make governance and risk control central to any assessment of the company.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- **Founders:** Barry Silbert (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 240 employees in the supplied company data; public LinkedIn lists 51-200 employees and Inc. classified DCG as a 50-99 employee workplace in 2026, so estimates vary by source and entity scope.
- **Products:** DCG investment platform, Grayscale Investments, Foundry, Luno, Yuma
- **Notable:** Built a portfolio of more than 200 equity investments, more than 50 fund investments and more than 30 token and digital-asset holdings across more than 25 countries., Backed early companies and protocols including Coinbase, Circle, Kraken, Ledger, Ripple, Dapper Labs and Zcash., Created or acquired category businesses including Grayscale, Foundry and Luno.

## Products & services

- **DCG investment platform** — Permanent-capital investing across seed, venture, token launch, growth, late-stage and public markets; the company reports 200+ equity investments, 50+ fund investments and 30+ token and digital-asset holdings.
- **Grayscale Investments** — Wholly owned crypto asset manager offering exchange-traded products and private trusts for individual and institutional digital-asset exposure.
- **Foundry** — Digital-asset infrastructure company providing mining pool and related services to institutional miners.
- **Luno** — Consumer cryptocurrency exchange and wallet serving customers in multiple international markets; acquired by DCG in 2020.
- **Yuma** — Builder, investor and incubator on the Bittensor decentralized AI network, including validation, subnet development and asset-management strategies for eligible investors.
- **Fortitude Mining** — Wholly owned venture-mining business spun out of Foundry's self-mining unit to mine Bitcoin and selected proof-of-work assets; it later emphasized a vertically integrated, Zcash-anchored strategy.

## Achievements

- Built a portfolio of more than 200 equity investments, more than 50 fund investments and more than 30 token and digital-asset holdings across more than 25 countries.
- Backed early companies and protocols including Coinbase, Circle, Kraken, Ledger, Ripple, Dapper Labs and Zcash.
- Created or acquired category businesses including Grayscale, Foundry and Luno.
- Grayscale won its 2023 appellate case challenging the SEC's rejection of its ETF application; GBTC began trading on NYSE Arca as a spot Bitcoin ETF in January 2024.
- Sold CoinDesk to Bullish in November 2023 after seven years of ownership and expansion into media, events and indices.
- Launched Yuma in 2024 to invest in, build and incubate decentralized AI infrastructure on Bittensor.
- Spun Fortitude Mining out of Foundry as a standalone wholly owned venture-mining subsidiary in January 2025.
- Named to Inc.'s 2026 Best Workplaces list.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Fortitude Mining announced the acquisition of a 12.5 MW facility in Prosser, Nebraska, expanding its owned U.S. power portfolio.
- **2026-06** — DCG convened founders and policymakers in Washington and published Harris Poll research with Blockchain Association focused on digital-asset policy and financial privacy.
- **2026-05** — Inc. named DCG a 2026 Best Workplace, citing trust, collaboration and intellectual curiosity.
- **2025-10** — Yuma launched Yuma Asset Management with a $10 million anchor investment from DCG for institutional and accredited-investor access to Bittensor subnet-token strategies.
- **2025-04** — A New York judge allowed most of the attorney general's civil securities-fraud claims against DCG, Barry Silbert and former Genesis CEO Michael Moro to proceed while dismissing duplicative claims.
- **2025-01** — DCG agreed, without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, to a cease-and-desist order and a $38 million civil penalty over negligent, misleading public messaging about Genesis's financial condition in 2022.
- **2025-01** — DCG launched Fortitude Mining as a standalone wholly owned subsidiary spun out of Foundry's self-mining division.
- **2024-11** — DCG launched Yuma, with Barry Silbert also serving as its CEO, to support builders and infrastructure on Bittensor.

## Links

- Website: https://dcg.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-currency-group
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DCGco

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Last updated: 2026-08-14