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Crypto investor and billionaire Barry Silbert says there’s one digital asset play that he thinks will be the “next big investment theme” for the asset class. In a new interview with Raoul Pal on the Real Vision YouTube channel, Silbert says that he’s created a new venture called Yuma, which exclusively focuses on Bittensor (TAO), a decentralized blockchain-based network built for a global, collaborative marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI). Says the Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO, “I started looking across the whole decentralized AI space and started digging in on Bittensor, and I very quickly came to the conclusion that from a theme or era perspective, this was the next big era for crypto. You had the Bitcoin and the Ethereum and the NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and you had the layer 2s and DeFi (decentralized finance)… I think this is the next big investment theme for crypto, and there are a number of projects that ...

Digital Currency Group (DCG) is laying off staff as the company tries to ensure that its expenses-to-profit ratio looks better for potential acquirers. DCG — the owner of CoinDesk — is cutting the publication’s editorial team by almost 45%, or 20 people, which represents 16% of its overall workforce. In an internal memo reviewed by TechCrunch, CoinDesk CEO Kevin Worth explained that this decision “was a required step to ensure a financially sound business moving forward and to set us on the path to close the deal to sell CoinDesk Inc.” “This is an incredibly difficult message to send to everyone over email,” Worth noted. Digital Currency Group is a prominent company in the cryptocurrency industry, known for its investments and support of various blockchain and digital currency ventures. However, the company found itself in trouble following the collapse of FTX and, most recently, legal troubles with a US-based crypto exchange Gemini. ...