Who is Barry Silbert?

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo License this content on Reuters Connect Jan 20 (Reuters) - As an investment banker, Barry Silbert worked on some of the highest-profile corporate failures. Now, as founder of venture capital firm Digital Currency Group, parent of troubled crypto firm Genesis, he is grappling with problems closer to home.

Is Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group still a FTX Empire?

Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group looks like one of the last crypto empires still standing after FTX's collapse last year. In 2015, the 46 year old started Digital Currency Group (DCG), the once $10 billion parent company that controls industry giants like crypto brokerage Genesis and digital asset manager Grayscale.

Who is Barry Silbert's ex-business partner Cameron Winklevoss?

(Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg) Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has been accused of fraud by his ex-business partner turned rival, Cameron Winklevoss. The stunning allegations follow Forbes’ estimates last month that Silbert’s fortune had evaporated, and as government investigations into Silbert’s companies ramp up.

How much is Jeff Silbert worth?

Nasdaq bought SecondMarket in 2015 for an undisclosed amount and Silbert relaunched SecondMarket’s crypto trading division as Genesis Trading the same year, incorporating it into his growing crypto empire. Silbert's current worth is unclear but Forbes pegged it last year at $3.2 billion.