First Citizens Bank to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank assets at a discount

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Analysis: How social media killed Silicon Valley Bank

Ad The following is a guest post by web3 strategist Toby Fan, and Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund. Social media has forever changed how we view and manage financial crises. Banks need a way to tactfully handle what is now being coined “social media risk.” Viral games of the telephone played at…

FTX plans to sell stake in Mysten Labs for $96M

Ad FTX has submitted a motion through which it intends to sell its stake in Mysten Labs, according to a bankruptcy court filing on March 22. The value of the sale is estimated to be more than $96 million. About $95 million of that amount consists of shares, though it also includes $1 million of…

Montenegro Vice President announces arrest of individual suspected to be Do Kwon

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Coinbase drops support for Signature’s still-active Signet payment network

Coinbase has discontinued support for Signet, a service once offered by the failed Signature Bank, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on March 20. Coinbase partnered with Signature in October 2022. Coinbase used Signet to perform U.S. dollar transactions with exchanges and institutional clients instantly and around the clock. Signature only offered…

UBS completes Credit Suisse deal for $3.2B following offer from Justin Sun

UBS Group has agreed to purchase the ailing European bank Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion, according to various reports on March 19. UBS will buy Credit Suisse Swiss President Alain Berset announced the deal in the evening, according to reports from the Associated Press. The government brokered the deal to prevent a financial crisis. The…

Silicon Valley Bank parent firm files for bankruptcy protection

SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a press release from the company on March 17. SVB files for reorganization The announcement indicates that SVB Financial Group has voluntarily filed for a court-organized reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing has…

FTX identify over $3B transfer to SBF, others

FTX management said Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and other top executives of the bankrupt firm received $3.2 billion in payments and loans — mainly from its sister company, Alameda Research. According to a March 15 statement, SBF received $2.2 billion from this payout. Other executives like former FTX director Nishad Singh, FTX co-founder Gary Wang, former…