H MasterCard μεταξύ των επενδυτών της νέας εταιρείας του Barry Silbert
Η MasterCard είναι μεταξύ των έντεκα επενδυτών που χρηματοδότησαν την νέα εταιρεία του Barry Silbert Digital Currency Group και σηματοδοτεί ουσιαστικά την είσοδο της στο χώρο του Bitcoin οικοσυστήματος. Η Digital Currency Group είναι ένα μια επενδυτική εταιρεία γύρω από το Bitcoin οικοσύστημα και είναι το επόμενο μεγάλο επιχειρηματικό βήμα του Barry Silbert στον χώρο των ψηφιακών νομισμάτων μετά και την πώληση πριν μιας βδομάδας την πρώτης του εταιρείας SecondMarket στην Nasdaq.
As you may have seen, last week it was announced that my first company, SecondMarket Solutions, was sold to NASDAQ. As that chapter ended, another one has begun. I am excited to announce the formal launch of my next company, Digital Currency Group, and our first round of funding
Digital Currency Group was formed earlier this year when two businesses built under the SecondMarket parent company – Genesis Global Trading, the leading bitcoin OTC trading firm, and Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset management firm that manages the publicly traded Bitcoin Investment Trust (Symbol: GBTC) – were combined with a diversified, broad portfolio of seed investments I made personally in the bitcoin and blockchain space.
A New Business Model
As a holding company that manages multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries and a portfolio of investments, we benefit from our diversified strategy and flexible structure. It is our view that broad exposure with the optionality to concentrate our focus is a winning strategy. More importantly, we get a front row seat to the evolution of these companies, and can identify opportunities to build service businesses to fill important gaps in the existing market infrastructure. Being structured as a company, versus a fund, allows us to evolve with the industry given our permanent capital base and flexible mandate.
Τα υπόλοιπα επενδυτικά κεφάλαια που χρηματοδότησαν το νέο startup είναι οι Bain Capital Ventures, Canadian Imperial Bank of Comerce (CIBC), CME Ventures, FirstMark Capital, MasterCard, New York Life, Novel TMT, Oak HC/FT, RRE Ventures, Solon Mack Capital, και Transamerica Ventures.