The epicenter of the bitcoin and blockchain industry
Our mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system. We build and support bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging our insights, network, and access to capital.
Build: Our Subsidiaries
It is our view that broad exposure with the optionality to concentrate our focus is a winning strategy. We build service businesses to fill important gaps in the existing market infrastructure. We incubate, acquire, and operate businesses that provide a variety of financial and professional services to financial institutions, corporations, and startups.
Genesis provides the full suite of services global investors require for their digital asset portfolios. It offers institutional funds, market makers and other entities digital asset OTC trading, institutional lending, custody and prime brokerage services.
Grayscale is the world’s largest digital currency asset manager. It sponsors nine investment products, including the Bitcoin Investment Trust (ticker: GBTC) and the Digital Large Cap Fund.
CoinDesk is the leading independent source of blockchain news, research, and data. It organizes Consensus, the digital asset industry’s premier annual event.
Foundry is a financing and advisory company focused on digital asset mining and staking. By tapping DCG’s institutional expertise, capital, and market intelligence, Foundry provides North American bitcoin miners and manufacturers with the resources needed to maintain and secure decentralized networks.
A leading digital asset exchange and wallet operating in major and emerging markets, Luno makes it safe and easy to buy, store and learn about cryptocurrencies.
Support: Global Reach
DCG is not a venture fund. We are a strategic investor, and we are building and supporting the largest early stage investment portfolio in the digital currency and blockchain ecosystem. We aim to support the best teams in our target markets by providing capital through a company’s lifecycle, connecting them to our network, and using our collective knowledge and insights to help companies grow and scale.
Network: Understanding Stakeholders
The Digital Currency Group team is working hard to create a new model for innovation. We rely on a strong network of entrepreneurs, investors, institutions, governments, and academics – really smart people who are helping shape and guide the vision for this industry.
BRAND
Why we do what we do at DCG. Our brand defines a common vision, what we believe in, and a set of shared values that define our conduct and engagement model.
COMMUNITY
Who we work with – this includes a broad network of companies, investors, and other stakeholders. We focus on building strong relationships to connect stakeholders to one another.
PLATFORM
How we work with our network. This includes facilitating and coordinating action, organizing around and advocating for our companies, and participating in conversations to move the industry, and our portfolio, forward.
Digital Currency and Protocol Investing
DCG supports the development of distributed ledger networks by investing in digital currencies and participating in select token sales.
We recognize that token sales are an emerging mechanism for funding the creation of new financial technology infrastructure, and we are making every effort to comply with all laws and regulations pertaining to the issuance, trading, and use of new cryptoassets. For more details on our approach, please view the DCG token disclosure policy here.
Our core digital currency and token holdings include:
DIGITAL ASSET PORTFOLIO
Bitcoin (BTC)
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Decentraland (MANA and LAND)
Filecoin
Horizen (ZEN)
Livepeer (LPT)
Zcash (ZEC)
*List does not represent all holdings of include digital assets that DCG has indirect exposure to through our subsidiary companies