Barry Silbert is the Founder of SecondMarket, a platform that enables private companies and investment funds to more efficiently raise capital and provide liquidity to their stakeholders by simplifying complex transaction workflows, streamlining investor onboarding and verifying that investors are accredited. In addition, Barry created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, a private, open-ended trust that is invested exclusively in bitcoin and derives its value solely from the price of bitcoin.

Prior to founding SecondMarket in 2004, Barry was an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey and graduated with honors from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority licenses.

Mary is the founder of dcIQ, a consulting firm that works at the intersection of innovation, investment and public policy. Mary is particularly focused on digital currencies’ transformative potential and is working to shed light on the regulatory and policy decisions needed to unlock the economic and social potential of a global “Internet of Value.” Mary previously served as General Counsel and Vice President of Public Policy for Silicon Valley Bank and as General Counsel and Special Counsel for New Skies Satellites. Mary’s work with SVB and New Skies built on more than a decade working in and with Washington, D.C., on the staff of Senator Edward Kennedy and as an attorney with Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright. Mary serves on the Boards of Green Dot Corp. and Green Dot Bank and on the Advisory Board of Stanford’s Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS). Mary holds a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.