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How the Federal Reserve Is Now Competing With Banks for Deposits: Enter the Reverse Repo Facility
4.4.2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve could be competing with commercial banks due to a facility called the “overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility,” which has currently drawn in more than $2 trillion in deposits. According to analysts, this has affected bank deposits, as investors run...
Stablecoin Supply Shift: TUSD Jumps 110% While Others Experience Reductions
30.3.2023
Four stablecoins have reduced their supplies this month, while the stablecoin token TrueUSD (TUSD) has seen its supply jump 110% higher over the last 30 days. TUSD resides natively on four different blockchains. The number of Ethereum-based TUSD rose 27%, while the number of Tron-based TUSD...
While Biden and Trump Blame Each Other for Bank Failures, Others Believe the Cause Might Be a Management Issue
30.3.2023
The recent banking failures involving the fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank, have high-profile government individuals trying to find a culprit. U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have publicly blamed each other’s policies for...
FDIC plans to return $4B in Signature crypto deposits 'by early next week' — Martin Gruenberg
29.3.2023
The Treasury Department's Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang said at the same hearing she didn’t believe crypto “played a direct role” in the failure of the banks
That Binance Suit Sure Seems Bigger Than Just a CFTC Case
29.3.2023
Between Coinbase, Binance, Justin Sun, Do Kwon and Custodia, there has been just so much news over the last week. And that’s largely just the U.S. But Binance is the most interesting, not only for what happened (the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued it), but also for what didn’t (the...
Top U.S. Treasury Official Says Crypto Had No ‘Direct Role’ In Bank Failures
29.3.2023
Nellie Liang, the U.S. Treasury Department's undersecretary for domestic finance, doesn’t believe that the digital assets sector should be blamed for the runs on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank that led to their quick demise earlier this month
The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators
29.3.2023
Ric Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, talks about a key reason why crypto’s future looks bleaker: an apparent effort to cut it off from U.S. banks
Stablecoins are solution to crypto’s banking problem, exec says
29.3.2023
Stablecoins are seen as a potential solution to crypto’s banking problem, but some of them are currently not immune to banking issues
FDIC Gives Deadline Next Week for Crypto Depositors Stranded by Signature Failure
29.3.2023
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is trying to hurry the stranded crypto customers out the door of the temporary entity that holds the assets of the former Signature Bank, asking them to cash out by next week – whether they have a new bank or not
U.S. Bank Regulators Investigating Leaders of the Failed Tech Banks
27.3.2023
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is investigating the actions of the leaders of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank to hold them accountable for their collapses, said Chairman Martin Gruenberg, who detailed their mismanagement and dangerous business concentrations – especially in digital...
Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin
24.3.2023
The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money
Crypto Is the Solution to Bank Runs, Not the Cause
23.3.2023
Self-custody, transparency and immediate settlement are just a few ways that crypto could prevent loss of funds
Bitcoin Emerges as Safe Haven as Traditional Finance Faces Turmoil
22.3.2023
Conflicting data creates the question of how the Fed will react to both rising inflation and failing banks - and whether bitcoin will be a lifeboat
Traditional banks rely on ‘tiny buffer’: Paris Blockchain Week 2023
22.3.2023
Signature Bank is the best place for crypto banking, even if it goes bankrupt, Woorton co-founder Zahreddine Touag believes
Looking at Some Unanswered Signature and Silvergate Bank Questions
22.3.2023
It seems the crypto industry still has some questions about Signature and Silvergate’s shutdowns
Today in Crypto: Coinbase Halts Support for Signature Bank’s Signet, MetaMask & MoonPay Expand Partnership in Nigeria, India to Hit 156M Crypto Users This Year, Xapo Bank Integrates USDC Payment Rails
21.3.2023
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Yellen defends government intervention to avoid another SVB
21.3.2023
The Treasury Secretary of the U.S. Janet Yellen said the federal government will intervene if it is necessary to protect other small lenders
US exploring ways to guarantee the country's 18T of bank deposits: Report
21.3.2023
The current deposit insurance cap under the FDIC is $250,000, but recent banking collapses have seen calls to increase that amount
Coinbase pauses support for Signature Bank's Signet: Report
20.3.2023
The U.S. crypto exchange was reportedly looking for another payment network provider and waiting on the outcome of the situation with Signature
In the aftermath of banks’ horrorshow: Law Decoded, March 13–20.
20.3.2023
A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down