Barry Silbert (@BarrySilbert) — Twitter Score 769 out of 1000

Barry Silbert is the Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group and Yuma, and serves as Chairman of Grayscale Investments, with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $3.2 billion as of 2022. Barry Silbert's Twitter Score is 769 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing him at rank #81 (top 0.1%) out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform. He has 816,764 followers as of July 2026 and has published 1,490 posts.

Barry Silbert began buying Bitcoin in 2012. He founded Grayscale in 2013 and launched the Bitcoin Investment Trust, one of the first publicly traded Bitcoin investment vehicles and the precursor to GBTC. He founded Digital Currency Group in October 2015 as an investor and operator across the crypto industry, with 200+ equity investments including Coinbase and Circle. DCG's subsidiaries include Foundry Services and Luno, a retail crypto wallet and exchange with over 5 million customers that DCG acquired in September 2020. In January 2025, DCG spun off Fortitude Mining as a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on Proof-of-Work mining.

Barry Silbert launched Yuma in November 2024 as a DCG subsidiary focused on building and investing in decentralized AI infrastructure on the Bittensor network. In October 2025, Yuma launched Yuma Asset Management, anchored by a $10 million seed investment from DCG, to provide institutional and accredited investors with exposure to Bittensor subnet tokens.

Barry Silbert was formerly affiliated with Genesis Global Capital, a DCG subsidiary that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2023 with liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion; restructuring was completed in 2024 with distributions to creditors valued at around $4 billion, and Genesis is now defunct. In October 2023, the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against DCG, Genesis entities, Gemini, and Silbert personally, alleging they defrauded investors of more than $1.1 billion through the Gemini Earn program by concealing losses; a $2 billion settlement was reached with Genesis entities in 2024 without either party admitting or denying the allegations, while litigation against DCG and Silbert personally remains ongoing as of 2026, with related private class actions also proceeding. In January 2025, DCG and the former Genesis CEO agreed to pay a combined $38.5 million civil penalty to settle SEC charges that they misled investors about Genesis's financial condition, without admitting or denying the findings. GBTC converted to a spot Bitcoin ETF in January 2024 following a court victory against the SEC, and Barry Silbert returned as Chairman of Grayscale in August 2025 amid Grayscale's confidential IPO filing. Barry Silbert was also previously affiliated with CoinDesk.

Barry Silbert has been mentioned by 1,272 accounts, generating 3,897 total mentions on the platform.

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