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Digital Currency Group

The enduring investor and operator of the crypto industry
Crypto 📍 Stamford, CT Founded 2015
Current Valuation
$10B
as of 2021-Q4
DECACORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Digital Currency Group going public?
No. Digital Currency Group has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Digital Currency Group's valuation in 2026?
Digital Currency Group is valued at $10B as of 2021-Q4, set by its Series strategic ($700M, Nov 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Digital Currency Group filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Digital Currency Group.
Who are Digital Currency Group's investors?
Digital Currency Group's investors include SoftBank Vision Fund, Google Ventures, Tribe Capital, Latitude Capital.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Digital Currency Group is a crypto-focused holding company that owns Grayscale Investments (the largest crypto asset manager), Foundry (one of the largest North American bitcoin miners), and Luno. Founded by Barry Silbert in 2015, DCG was last priced at $10B in late 2021 — before the 2022-23 crypto bear market and the bankruptcy of its Genesis lending subsidiary.

Company Profile

CEO
Barry Silbert
Founded
2015
HQ
Stamford, CT
Employees
~250
Total Raised
$700M
Growth
The $10B mark is the November 2021 SoftBank-era secondary, set before the Genesis lending unit went bankrupt. The live value story is subsidiary Grayscale, which is pursuing a landmark listing reported around $33B, while DCG itself still faces Genesis-related litigation.
Last Round
Series strategic — $700M (Nov 2021) · Lead: SoftBank Vision Fund
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series strategic · $700M · 4y 9mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $700M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$10.08
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month0.0%6-month-74.0%1-year+5.0%All-time-92.6%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. The feed’s last-round price for this company is not a plausible per-share figure, so no comparison is shown. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series strategic$700MNov 2021SoftBank Vision Fund

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring uptrend
100% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
1
via greenhouse
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (1 of 1 open roles are operations).
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month1Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionOps & People1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Accounting Systems & Operations Analyst
Counted from Digital Currency Group's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Barry Silbert

Investors

SoftBank Vision Fund · Google Ventures · Tribe Capital · Latitude Capital

Products

  • Grayscale Investments
  • Foundry (mining)
  • Luno (exchange)
  • CoinDesk (sold 2023)

Competitors

Galaxy Digital · Pantera Capital · Animoca Brands
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.