Digital Currency Group - About the company
Digital Currency Group is a seed company based in Stamford (United States), founded in 2015 by Barry Silbert. It operates as a Sector-agnostic incubator focused on blockchain startups. Digital Currency Group has raised $12.5K in funding. The company has 1620 active competitors, including 268 funded and 49 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Consensys, Coins.ph and Luno.
Company Details
Sector-agnostic incubator focused on blockchain startups. Provides solutions for startups throughout seed stage, venture, token launch, growth, late stage, and public markets. Building and supporting blockchain and digital currency companies using our network, insights, and access to capital.
- Website
- dcg.co
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@dcg.co
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Stamford, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$12.5K in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
63rd among 1620 active competitors
Employee Count
220 as on May 31, 2026
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Digital Currency Group's funding and investors
Digital Currency Group has raised a total funding of $12.5K over 1 round.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Digital Currency Group:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 21, 2018 | 6048701 | Seed | 7183871 | 7842150 | 7835648 | 8258035 |
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Digital Currency Group's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Digital Currency Group is Barry Silbert. Barry Silbert is the CEO of Digital Currency Group.
Here are the details of Digital Currency Group's key team members:
- Barry Silbert: Founder & CEO of Digital Currency Group.
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Digital Currency Group's employee count trend
Digital Currency Group has 220 employees as of May 26. Here is Digital Currency Group's employee count trend over the years:
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Digital Currency Group's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Digital Currency Group include Consensys, Coins.ph and Luno. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Digital Currency Group, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Consensys 2014, Fort Worth (United States), Series D | Developer of blockchain and web3 software platform | $725M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Coins.ph 2014, Pasig (Philippines), Acquired | Digital wallet for Bitcoin assets | $40M | 80/100 | |
3rd | _1587622150601.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Luno 2013, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | App-based platform for crypto wallet and investments | $13M | 80/100 | |
4th |  FalconX 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Online platform offering cryptocurrency trading and investment solutions for institutions | $430M | 79/100 | |
5th |  BlockFi 2017, Jersey City (United States), Acquired | Online platform for trading, crypto-backed loans, interest accounts, and wallets | $466M | 78/100 | |
6th | Amber Group 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Series C | Provider of blockchain-based financial solutions | $628M | 76/100 | |
7th | AVA 2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform for smart contracts and custom subnets | $368M | 75/100 | |
8th |  Fireblocks 2018, New York (United States), Series E | Provider of an online platform for crypto custody, payments, tokenization, and wallet-as-a-service | $1.04B | 75/100 | |
9th |  River Financial 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Blockchain focused investment firm | $70M | 74/100 | |
10th |  Safe Ecosystem Foundation 2018, Zug (Switzerland), Series D | Decentralized custody protocol and asset management platform on Ethereum and the EVM | $112M | 73/100 | |
63rd |  Digital Currency Group 2015, Stamford (United States), Seed | Sector-agnostic incubator focused on blockchain startups | $12.5K | - | 54/100 |
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Digital Currency Group's Investments and acquisitions
Digital Currency Group has made 263 investments in companies including Cyphlens and Surf AI. Digital Currency Group has also acquired 2 companies including Luno and Luno.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Dec 11, 2025 | Investments | 2019 | New York City (United States) | |
Dec 10, 2025 | Investments | 2025 | New York City (United States) | |
Oct 21, 2025 | Investments | 2021 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
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News related to Digital Currency Group
Filter this listMedia has covered Digital Currency Group for a total of 27 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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General Tensor Raises $5M Across Pre-Seed and Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 12, 2026•Outliers, X Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Lvna Capital and 5 others
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Vibranium Labs Announces $4.6M Seed RoundMassinvestor•Dec 24, 2025•Digital Currency Group, Franklin Templeton Investments, Mirae Asset, Calibrate Ventures and 5 others
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Surf AI-Driven Digital Asset Analysis Platform Secures $15 Million Funding RoundCryptobreaking•Dec 11, 2025•Pantera Capital, Coinbase, Surf AI, Digital Currency Group and 41 others
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Cyphlens Secures Seed Funding to Advance Visual Encryption for Enterprise SecurityPR Newswire•Dec 11, 2025•Cyphlens, Salesforce Ventures, Motivate Venture Capital, Digital Currency Group and 10 others
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SoFi founder’s blockchain startup Figure raises another ~$59M; aiming for a total of over $100MThe Block•Dec 10, 2025•Ribbit Capital, Digital Currency Group, Figure, Morgan Creek Capital Management and 4 others
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Limitless Prediction Market Closes $10M Seed Round Ahead of LMTS Token LaunchCryptocurrency•Oct 20, 2025•Limitless, 1confirmation, F-Prime Capital, Collider and 7 others
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Vibranium Labs Raises $4.6M in Seed Funding to Scale Vibe AI, the First 24/7 AI Incident Engineerintelligence360•Oct 03, 2025•Vibranium Labs, Mirae Asset, FalconX, Franklin Templeton Investments and 6 others
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Utila Secures $22M Extension Round, Valuation Triples Due to Stablecoin Infrastructure Demandintelligence360•Sep 18, 2025•SilverCircle, Utila, FunFair, Digital Currency Group and 4 others
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Crypto startup Utila raises $22M to build institutional stablecoin infrastructureSiliconAngle•Sep 03, 2025•Utila, Fireblocks, Anchorage Digital, Tether and 14 others
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