DCG’s Silbert Makes $105M Bet on Decentralized AI, Sees Potential Beyond Bitcoin

DCG Invests $105M in Decentralized AI, Eyes Bigger Push in 2025

  • Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group has invested $105 million in decentralized AI projects, with plans to increase investments in 2025.
  • Bittensor‘s TAO token, with a $2.7 billion market cap, is identified as DCG’s most promising deAI investment.
  • DCG created Yuma, a dedicated incubator for Bittensor infrastructure projects, demonstrating increased commitment to deAI.
  • Silbert believes decentralized AI could surpass Bitcoin‘s impact by revolutionizing intelligence ownership rather than just digital assets.
  • DCG reports successful performance across all five divisions following restructuring after the FTX collapse.

Crypto industry veteran Barry Silbert is positioning decentralized Artificial Intelligence (deAI) as cryptocurrency’s next frontier, backing his vision with substantial investments through Digital Currency Group (DCG). The conglomerate has already committed $105 million to over a dozen deAI projects, signaling a strategic pivot toward combining blockchain technology with artificial intelligence.

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Bittensor, a crypto network specializing in machine learning applications, emerges as DCG’s flagship deAI investment. The network’s native TAO token currently holds a $2.7 billion market capitalization, though this figure remains modest compared to bitcoin’s nearly $2 trillion valuation.

“We’re moving from the digital ownership of assets to the decentralized ownership of intelligence and the availability of vast decentralized compute resources,” Silbert explained in his Q4 shareholder letter. This vision challenges the centralized AI development model pursued by companies like OpenAI.

To strengthen its position in the deAI ecosystem, DCG launched Yuma, a specialized incubator focusing on Bittensor infrastructure projects. Additionally, Grayscale, another DCG subsidiary, now offers investment products linked to the TAO token, creating institutional access to deAI investments.

The push into deAI follows DCG’s recovery period after the FTX collapse, which particularly impacted its lending arm, Genesis. Despite these challenges, Silbert reports that all five DCG divisions achieved strong performance in 2024, marking a successful organizational restructuring.

The convergence of AI and blockchain technology represents a significant evolution in the crypto industry. While traditional AI development remains concentrated among major tech companies, deAI aims to distribute both the ownership and governance of AI models across decentralized networks, potentially democratizing access to artificial intelligence capabilities.

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