SecondMarket founder launches bitcoin conglomerateBarry Silbert last week sold SecondMarket, his popular trading exchange for private company stock, to Nasdaq NDAQ for an undisclosed amount. Now he’s lined up a group of big-name backers to support the launch of a new conglomerate devoted entirely to bitcoin and other blockchain technologies.
It’s called Digital Currency Group, and will include a pair of businesses that were originally formed at SecondMarket, but were not part of the sale to Nasdaq. They include Genesis Global Trading, an over-the-counter bitcoin trading firm; and Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset management firm that manages the Bitcoin Investment Trust, a publicly-listed vehicle that raised over $60 million.
http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/secondmarket-bitcoin-dcg/
