Barry Silbert Wanted to Be Crypto’s Rockefeller. Now He’s Under Siege
- Frozen funds drive escalating feud with Gemini’s Winklevoss
- ‘This past year has been the most difficult of my life’
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Barry Silbert, the founder of Digital Currency Group, is far from crypto’s most colorful executive.
In an industry rife with billionaire impresarios, die-hard evangelists and outright fraudsters, the 46-year-old chief executive has the look and bearing of a middle manager at a regional bank. His inoffensive demeanor — and relatively long tenure in Bitcoin — served him well as he drew funding from companies like SoftBank and built a sprawling web of businesses that touch virtually every corner of cryptocurrency.