The board of directors over at Grayscale Investments LLC is being shaken up as we head into the new year. A filing made this morning for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) has identified several executive changes that are currently under way.
Most prominently, Barry Silbert has resigned from the board of directors of the trust’s sponsor, Grayscale Investments. The resignation is effective as of January 1, 2024. Silbert was previously serving as Chairman of the entity, a result of Grayscale being a subsidiary of the larger Digital Currency Group, which was founded by Silbert in 2015 to focus on the cryptocurrency arena.
In conjunction with Silbert, Mark Murphy has also departed the board of directors of Grayscale. Mark Shifke, Matthew Kummell and Edward McGee meanwhile have been appointed to the board as of January 1, 2024, with Shifke taking on the role of Chairman.
Shifke is currently the chief financial officer of Digital Currency Group, while McGee is the CFO of Grayscale Investments. Kummell is a senior vice president at DCG.
It is currently unclear why the executive changes are being made.
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