Benjamin Melnicki

Compliance Officer at GRAYSCALE BITCOIN TRUST ETF - USD

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Network origin in Benjamin Melnicki first degree

Entity	Entity type	Industry
GRAYSCALE BITCOIN TRUST ETF - USD 4	Mutual Fd-ETF	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	4

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Companies connected to Benjamin Melnicki via their personal network

Company	Sector	Related people	Main position
Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.	Investment Managers	Hugh Ross	Compliance Officer
Ernst & Young LLP Ernst & Young LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Edward McGee	Corporate Officer/Principal
Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust operates as a closed-end investment fund or Investment trust. The company was founded on April 18, 2017 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Mark Shifke Matt Kummell Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
GRAYSCALE ETHEREUM TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Mark Shifke Matt Kummell Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
Grayscale Zcash Trust Grayscale Zcash Trust Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Grayscale Zcash Trust is a closed-end investment fund or Investment trust. The company was founded on October 23, 2017 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Mark Shifke Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chairman Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
Grayscale Investments LLC Grayscale Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grayscale Investments LLC is a private company headquartered in New York, NY, with a presence in the United States and Ireland. The firm functions as an alternative investment manager. It was founded in 2013. Michael Adam Sonnenshein is the current CEO of the company. The company says this about itself: Grayscale enables investors to access the digital economy through a family of regulated and future-forward investment products. Founded in 2013, Grayscale has a proven track record and deep expertise as the world’s largest crypto asset manager. Investors, advisors, and allocators turn to Grayscale for single asset, diversified, and thematic exposure. Grayscale products are distributed by Grayscale Securities, LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC).	Investment Managers	Mark Shifke Matt Kummell Edward McGee	Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.	Investment Banks/Brokers	Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal
GRAYSCALE DIGITAL LARGE CAP FUND LLC	Financial Conglomerates	Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
GRAYSCALE BITCOIN CASH TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
GRAYSCALE LITECOIN TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee Hugh Ross	Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer
Rutgers Business School	College/University	Edward McGee	Graduate Degree
Sykes College of Business	College/University	Edward McGee	Undergraduate Degree
GRAYSCALE HORIZEN TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Chief Executive Officer
Tulane University (Louisiana)	College/University	Mark Shifke	Undergraduate Degree
Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust Bat Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust Bat Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust Bat engages in the management of investment vehicles, which focuses on enabling customers to access and gain exposure to basic attention token. The company was founded in December 18, 2020 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Director of Finance/CFO
GRAYSCALE CHAINLINK TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Director of Finance/CFO
Grayscale Filecoin Trust Fil Grayscale Filecoin Trust Fil Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Grayscale Filecoin Trust Fil, engages in the provision of access to Filecoin in the form of a security. It provides investor exposure to Filecoin. The company is headquartered in Stamford, CT.	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Director of Finance/CFO
GRAYSCALE LIVEPEER TRUST (LPT)	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Director of Finance/CFO
GRAYSCALE DECENTRALAND TRUST	Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds	Edward McGee	Director of Finance/CFO
Horizon Kinetics LLC Horizon Kinetics LLC Investment ManagersFinance Horizon Kinetics LLC provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Investment Managers	Hugh Ross	Chief Operating Officer
Goizueta Business School-Emory	College/University	Hugh Ross	Undergraduate Degree
CoinDesk, Inc. CoinDesk, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Block.one (Cayman Islands), CoinDesk, Inc. is a media, events, indices, and data company for the crypto economy. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2013. Kevin Worth has been the CEO of the company since 2017. CoinDesk was acquired by Bullish Global from Digital Currency Group, Inc. on November 20, 2023.	Internet Software/Services	Matt Kummell	Director/Board Member
Digital Currency Group, Inc. Digital Currency Group, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Digital Currency Group Inc (Digital Currency Group) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Barry Edward Silbert. The firm is headquartered in New York.	Investment Managers	Matt Kummell	Private Equity Investor
Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC Investment ManagersFinance Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC (Citadel Enterprise) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded by Kenneth C. Griffin and Reade Griffith in 1990 and formerly known as Citadel LLC. Citadel Enterprise provides investment banking, institutional trading and fund administration services to many types of US and non-US domiciled clients.	Investment Managers	Matt Kummell	Private Equity Investor
Dock Solucoes em Meios de Pagamentos SA Dock Solucoes em Meios de Pagamentos SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Dock Solucoes em Meios de Pagamentos SA is a Brazilian company that provides solutions for the entire payment and banking ecosystem in Brazil and around the world. The private company is based in Barueri, Brazil. The company's platform offers a range of services to facilitate payments and banking transactions. and has subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico. The CEO of the company is Antonio Carlos Soares.	Packaged Software	Mark Shifke	Director/Board Member
Tulane University Law School	College/University	Mark Shifke	Graduate Degree
New York University School of Law	College/University	Mark Shifke	Graduate Degree
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Mark Shifke	Corporate Officer/Principal
KPMG LLP KPMG LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Mark Shifke	Corporate Officer/Principal
Pacific Springboard LLC Pacific Springboard LLC Marine ShippingTransportation Pacific Springboard LLC provides freight forwarding services through ocean and air freight. It offers Healthcare, Fitness, Golf, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Software, Internet, Mobile Internet and Health & Wellness services. The company was founded by Joe Canterbury, Brian K. Magierski and Frank P. Krasovec in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.	Marine Shipping	Mark Shifke	Director/Board Member
BTRS HOLDINGS INC.	Information Technology Services	Mark Shifke	Director of Finance/CFO
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.	Major Banks	Mark Shifke	Corporate Officer/Principal
Factor Systems, Inc. Factor Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Factor Systems, Inc. provides outsourced billing services. It offers credit, invoicing, payments, collections, cash application, and virtual payment solutions. The firm serves the distribution, heavy machinery and equipment, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Flint A. Lane in September 2001 and is headquartered in Lawrenceville, NJ.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Mark Shifke	Director of Finance/CFO
Bain & Co., Inc. Bain & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Matt Kummell	Corporate Officer/Principal
Dartmouth College	College/University	Matt Kummell	Masters Business Admin
University of California, Los Angeles	College/University	Matt Kummell	Undergraduate Degree
GREEN DOT CORPORATION	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Mark Shifke	Director of Finance/CFO
New York Law School	College/University	Hugh Ross	Graduate Degree