Tech startups and other businesses raced to line up sources of cash for payroll and other immediate needs after their deposits in Silicon Valley Bank, long a linchpin of tech financing, were locked up...
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How SVB Was Doomed By a Bad Bet on Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Rate Hikes
The demise of Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t driven by credit problems but by an old-fashioned mismatch of assets and liabilities that doomed many thrifts back in the 1970s. California regulators seized S...
What happened to Silvergate Capital? And why does it matter?
Silvergate Capital SI, -11.27% served as one of the main banks for the crypto industry, prior to its collapse earlier this week. The news came just a week after the firm delayed its annual report to t...
Stablecoin USDC falls below $1, faces $3.3 billion exposure to Silicon Valley Bank
USDC, a stablecoin that is supposed to trade one-to-one against U.S. dollars, has fallen below $1 on Saturday, after creator Circle said it had over $3.3 billion held at Silicon Valley Bank, which col...
Stocks Will Struggle to Beat 5% Treasurys, Strategists Say. And What the Heck Is ‘Out-Dexing?’
A top Wall Street forecaster told me how to beat the stock market from here: Buy a Treasury bill. I would leak the tip on Reddit, but I’m not sure how many moon rocket emojis to use. A six-month Treas...
$22 Trillion in US Banking System Backed by Just $225 Billion at FDIC: Bitcoin Proponent Gabor Gurbacs
A strategy advisor at Vaneck/MVIS is highlighting the disparity between the money held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the amount of money sitting in the US banking system. In ...
“The government has about 48 hours to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake”: Bill Ackman warns some businesses may not be able to meet payroll after SVB’s failure
“The government has about 48 hours to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake. By allowingSVB Financial to fail without protecting all depositors, the world has woken up to what an uninsured deposit is ...
Silicon Valley Bank staff offered 45 days of work at 1.5 times salary by FDIC
Staff of Silicon Valley Bank were offered 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the regulator that took control of the collapsed lender on Friday, Reut...
Silicon Valley Bank failed for one simple reason: its key startup clients lost faith.
Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41%, a 40-year-old bank at the heart of the valley’s ecosystem, was forced to shutter Friday after its core depositors — many of them startup companies — took out $42 bil...
Where Were the Regulators as SVB Crashed?
Silicon Valley Bank’s failure boils down to a simple misstep: It grew too fast using borrowed short-term money from depositors who could ask to be repaid at any time, and invested it in long-term asse...
USDC depeg – Everything we know so far as contagion spreads from TradFi banking
Ad What we know so far about the SVB collapse and USDC/DAI depeg (updated): Crypto firm Circle reveals $3.3 billion stuck in SVB DAI/USDC depeg as stablecoin pressure continues after Silicon Valley ba...
The Greed Of The US Banking System In Action: BTC Price Fell Again
Mar 11, 2023 at 09:00 // News Just a week ago, everyone in the cryptocurrency market expected that the “crypto winter” was over and that we were moving towards the spring of 2023, with a p...
USDC Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg Following Collapse of Major Banking Partner ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     USDC stablecoin lost its peg to the dollar early Saturday, dropping as low as $0.84 moments after the descent of Silicon Valley Bank, a major banking...
American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...
Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure May Lead to Smaller Fed Rate Hike
The second-largest bank failure in U.S. history might help the Federal Reserve do its job of tightening credit and slowing the economy. To be sure, the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank unit ...
Silicon Valley Bank ($SIVB) Shut Down By Banking Regulator
– Advertisement – Silicon Valley Bank has been shut down by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. The FDIC-insured crypto-friendly bank was shut down by the ban...
Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and US Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto
While temporary, the pause speaks to the chaos that’s roiled the crypto industry’s second-largest stablecoin in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s demise. All day Friday crypto trader...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What should you do if your bank closes down?
Silicon Valley Bank, which helps fund technology startups backed by venture-capital firms, has closed its doors. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation made the decision to c...
Stablecoin issuers seek to diversify banking partners in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown
The failure of California-based Silicon Valley Bank today leaves the crypto market with one fewer lending partner, adding further pressure on stablecoin issuer Circle to beef up its portfolio of bank ...
US senators write to banking regulators about potential crypto discrimination
Four United States Republican senators lead by Bill Hagerty have written a letter to the heads of federal banking regulatory agencies questioning the ideological motivation behind recent regulatory mo...
Banking Sector In Crisis: Silicon Valley Bank Closed
Another bank is in crisis; Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has followed the financial freefall amid Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish macroeconomic view and tightening policies to contr...
Nigerian president-elect aims to use blockchain technology in the banking sector
Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has recently released a manifesto that, if implemented, would enable the use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in the nation’s banking and finance sect...
SVB Blowout Is Wake-Up Call for Stock Bulls on Banking Risks
(Bloomberg) — Stock market investors just got a harsh reminder about the risks posed by banking industry turmoil. Most Read from Bloomberg US stocks are heading for the worst week of the year af...
‘I don’t see another bank stepping in to help.’ Bill Ackman suggests government intervention to save Silicon Valley Bank parent.
“The failure of Silicon Valley Bank could destroy an important long-term driver of the economy as VC-backed companies rely on SVB for loans and holding their operating cash. If private capital can’t p...
I’ll be 60, have $95,000 in cash and no debts — I think I can retire, but financial seminars ‘say otherwise’
I will be 60 in September, have $95,000 in cash, work part time ($30,000 yearly) for insurance and contribute 10% plus the employer match of 8% to a small 401(k). My home and car are paid for, I don’t...
Banking Selloff Goes Global After SVB Trouble. HSBC, BNP Paribas, UBS Tumble.
The selloff in the banking sector spread across the globe on Friday after SVB Financial Group said it was forced to unload assets at a loss following a decline in deposits. HSBC (ticker: HSBA.UK), Eur...
US Banking System Can Weather SVB Contagion Risk, El-Erian Says
(Bloomberg) — US banks can contain contagion risk and system stress stemming from the turmoil unleashed by Silicon Valley Bank, Mohamed El-Erian said. Most Read from Bloomberg “Contagion risk an...
SoFi CEO Noto makes ‘opportunistic’ million-dollar stock purchase as SVB crisis fuels selloff
As SoFi Technologies Inc. shares fell Friday amid the fallout over Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the financial-technology company’s chief executive bought up stock. SoFi Chief Executive Anthony Noto...