{"id":219255,"date":"2023-12-27T02:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=219255"},"modified":"2023-12-27T02:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T20:42:52","slug":"crypto-billionaire-barry-silbert-steps-down-as-grayscale-chairman-of-the-board-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/crypto-billionaire-barry-silbert-steps-down-as-grayscale-chairman-of-the-board-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Billionaire Barry Silbert Steps Down As Grayscale Chairman of The Board &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Billionaire and early crypto entrepreneur Barry Silbert is resigning from crypto asset manager Grayscale\u2019s board of directors as of New Year\u2019s Day 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Silbert, head of Grayscale\u2019s parent company Digital Currency Group (DGC), will give his chair to DCG\u2019s chief financial officer (CFO) Mark Shifke, according to a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.streetinsider.com\/SEC+Filings\/Form+8-K+Grayscale+Bitcoin+Trust+For%3A+Dec+26\/22563825.html\">filing<\/a>\u00a0with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n<p>Mark Shifke is also listed as a board member of Dock Ltd. and Luno in the official filing. Before this, Shifke worked at JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and KPMG.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/grayscale-says-barry-silbert-resigns-as-chairman-of-the-board-1.2015651\">statement<\/a> to Bloomberg, a spokeswoman for Grayscale said,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGrayscale and our investors will benefit from their respective experiences in the financial services and asset management industries as we prepare for Grayscale\u2019s next chapter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last month, DCG and Genesis Global, its bankrupt subsidiary,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2023\/11\/30\/digital-currency-group-and-genesis-global-reach-bankruptcy-agreement-court-docs\/\">settled<\/a>\u00a0a legal dispute over $627 million in unpaid loans. The parties renegotiated, agreeing to a modified repayment schedule with upfront and monthly payments, aiming to settle the balance by April 1st.<\/p>\n<p>DCG, founded in 2013, is one of the largest crypto conglomerates in the industry. Its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dcg.co\/portfolio\">portfolio<\/a> includes some of the biggest exchanges, wallets, and blockchains in the space, and currently manages nearly $50 billion in assets.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"maxbutton-4 maxbutton maxbutton-check-out-the-latest-headlines-bigger\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/news\/\"><span class=\"mb-text\">Check Latest News Headlines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any loses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire and early crypto entrepreneur Barry Silbert is resigning from crypto asset manager Grayscale\u2019s board of directors as of New Year\u2019s Day 2024. Silbert, head of Grayscale\u2019s parent company Digital Currency Group (DGC), will give his chair to DCG\u2019s chief financial officer (CFO) Mark Shifke, according to a new filing\u00a0with the U.S. Securities and Exchange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-219255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219258,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219255\/revisions\/219258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}