On Mar. 12, H.E. Justin Sun, the founding member of the TRON ecosystem and the global advisor at Huobi, a crypto exchange, posted a thread on Twitter highlighting the “potential harm” prevalent in the...
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Fed must intervene after Silicon Valley Bank’s crash
Anthony Scamarucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, wants the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) to intervene in the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse. Anthony wants the Federal...
Silicon Valley Bank UK Closed by Bank of England (BoE)
20 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The bank liquidators would be responsible for handling the remaining SVB UK assets. Major blockchain VCs had over $6 billion in assets with the bankrupt finan...
XRP Community Awaiting Ripple’s Answers on Failed Silicon Valley Bank Exposure
Alex Dovbnya Ripple’s potential exposure to the failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has left the XRP community divided and anxious for a statement from the San Francisco-based company The XRP commu...
Over 100 VCs, investors voice solidarity with Silicon Valley Bank
As the 40-year-old banking institution, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), winds down operation, numerous venture capitalists and investors joined hands and decided to cushion the impact in case the bank “wer...
Mark Cuban urges Fed to buy Silicon Valley Bank debt ‘immediately,’ says it’s ‘not the wealthy taking the hit’
Mark Cuban wants the Fed to buy Silicon Valley Bank’s debt, pronto. Not doing so, he believes, will shake confidence in the financial sector—and hurt tech startups and their employees. On Friday, the ...
Silicon Valley Bank exec was Lehman Brothers CFO prior to 2008 collapse
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) executive, Jospeph Gentile, was a former executive of the Lehman Brothers’ Global Investment Bank prior to the bank’s public collapse in 2008. Prior to joining SV...
BlockFi’s Uninsured $227 Million In Silicon Valley Bank Raises Concerns, Filing Shows
Reports have shown that BlockFi also has $227 million in the troubled Silicon Valley Bank, which wasn’t insured. Notably, SVB is not managing the fund directly. As the saga of the Silicon Valley Bank...
Silicon Valley Bank failure could trigger run on U.S. regional banks
Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) decisions concerning the future of Silicon Valley Bank may affect regional banks across the United States, putting trillions of dollars...
Silicon Valley Bank’s UK branch shut down by Bank of England
The Bank of England (BoE) has halted the operations of Silicon Valley Bank’s U.K. branch (SVB UK), stating that it has a “limited presence” and no “critical functions” supporting the financial system ...
Traders are Moving Out of USDC After Silicon Valley Bank Shutdown
The sudden collapse of the US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is generating tremors in the US stock market. Regulators shut down SVB due to the sudden downfall of Silvergate Capital Corp on Friday. Th...
Hedge funds and banks offer to buy deposits trapped at Silicon Valley Bank
Hedge funds are offering to buy startup deposits at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) for as little as 60 cents on the dollar, Semafor reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Bids range ...
Andrew Yang warns of ‘mass layoffs,’ calls for government intervention after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Andrew Yang, the entrepreneur who grabbed national attention during his 2020 White House run and his 2021 New York City mayoral run, urged government intervention following the Silicon Valley Bank (SV...
After Silicon Valley Bank Fails, Tech Startups Race to Meet Payroll
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...
Etsy freezes transactions after Silicon Valley Bank closure, squeezing sellers nationwide
The collapse of start-up backer Silicon Valley Bank this week continues to cause ripples across the tech industry, with Etsy the latest company to voice concerns after announcing a transaction freeze....
Etsy Struggles To Pay Sellers After Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank
An Etsy marketplace is set up in Times Square outside the NASDAQ to commemorate the Etsy initial … [+] public offering which debuted to the public on Thursday, April 16, 2015. Shares of Etsy dro...
Silicon Valley Bank down, USDC depegged, FTX billed $34M in Jan
Top Stories This Week Silicon Valley Bank shut down by California regulator, holding over $5 billion for prominent crypto VCs Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was shut down by California’s financial watchdog...
Bank of England Shuts Down Silicon Valley Bank’s UK Branch After US Regulators Close Parent Company – Bitcoin News
After U.S. regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday, the Bank of England has closed the company’s U.K.-based arm. The central bank explained that it intends to place the subsidiary int...
Circle will cover funds shortfall caused by Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Circle stated that it initiated to transfer of $3.3 billion funds remaining in SVB However, the transfer was not processed as of Friday and the could be processed on Monday The stablecoin issuer has c...
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...
Circle plans to cover missing liquidity in Silicon Valley Bank with corporate funds
USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle plans to use “corporate resources” to cover the shortfall on its reserves following Silicon Valley Bank’s shutdown, said the company in a statement on M...
Silicon Valley Bank customers line up outside California location amid frantic rush to withdraw money
Customers were seen lined up outside a Silicon Valley Bank location in Menlo Park, California, on Friday after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) seized the banks assets. In the largest ...
‘Fiat Is Fragile’ — Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Sparks Finger-Pointing and Concerns of Contagion – Bitcoin News
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has become the center of attention after its collapse prompted the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to shut the bank down on Friday. It was the largest U.S. ...
Silicon Valley Bank failure has investors calling for government aid
Big names in Silicon Valley and the finance sector are calling publicly for the federal government to push another bank to assume Silicon Valley Bank’s assets and obligations after the financial...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse could spark the next financial crash – but we cannot bail out failed bankers again
Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California – Philip Pacheco Depositors can’t get their money out. Payrolls might not be met next weekend. And small companies, especially i...
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...
Investor Mark Suster says a “handful” of bad actors in VC destroyed Silicon Valley Bank
Yesterday at around noon in Los Angeles, investor Mark Suster of the venture firm Upfront Ventures began urging “calm” on Twitter. Silicon Valley Bank had bungled its messaging on Wednesda...
Silicon Valley Bank’s troubles put Circle’s $3.3b USDC reserve at risk
Circle’s USDC, the second-largest stablecoin with a market capitalization of $43b, has been hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). On Friday, regulators in California placed the bank under ...
These Companies—Roku, LendingClub, Roblox And More—Held Major Funds In Silicon Valley Bank When It Crashed
Topline Roku—a hardware digital media company known for its streaming devices—held about 26% of its cash at Silicon Valley Bank Financial, according to a securities filing, as other companies have dis...
Warning Signals About Silicon Valley Bank Were All Around Us
Silicon Valley Bank now has the dubious distinction of being the second largest bank failure in the … [+] history of the United States. (Photo by NOAH BERGER / AFP) AFP via Getty Images Silicon ...
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker cashed out $2 million just before the collapse
The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% cashed out stock and options for a $2.27 million net gain in the weeks before Friday’s collapse, public filings show. CEO Greg Becker exercised...