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New paper from #Yale and the #FederalReserve blames the 2023 banking crisis on (you guessed it) #crypto and Nerd Reich #VCs.

> "A clearer commonality between the six banks [that failed], the paper argues, is their exposure to risky depositor bases that other banks shied away from: #crypto firms and [tech] venture capitalists."

* American Banker: americanbanker.com/news/new-pa
* Paper: chicagofed.org/publications/wo

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @daedalean the type of trust Circle holds the USDC money at in blackrock does not allow blackrock (or anyone) to use the money for anything else. it's reasonably airtight.

but yes, the bailout of SVB was the definition of moral hazard. all these crypto bros who bought the election would have gone bust if capitalism had been allowed to take its course. i understood why yellen etc. thought they had to do it but i think it was a massive mistake.

(i also think #SVB was kind of a ponzi scheme, but that's sort of a different story)

cryptadamus.substack.com/p/how

The Cryptocalypse Chronicles · How Everyone Is Getting The Story Of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Completely WrongBy Michel de Cryptadamus
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@molly0xfff

Wow, a #billionaire #techbro / #cryptobro is actually being held to the same legal standard as an ordinary citizen? What the heck is going on here?

Oh, wait... #SBF's net worth effectively disappeared overnight when #FTX and #SVB went belly-up, right?

Ahh, yep, there it is. He's no longer a billionaire, so his #GetOutOfJailFreeCard has been revoked. He's effectively an ordinary citizen again, so he's once again bound by the same laws that apply to everybody else.

Such a sudden, tragic fall from grace! What ever shall he do?! 😂

“There are more historical touchstones connecting tax evasion to future collapse, such as Lehman Brothers. Prior to Lehman’s implosion, one of its more noteworthy scandals involved using and promoting derivatives as dividend-tax dodges. By the time the wheels were off the wagon—or rather, immediately prior—Lehman had $600 billion in total assets, significantly less than UBS has today.”

#lawfedi @law #svb

Catering to Tax Evaders Is a Poor Prescription for Bank Health | news.bloomberglaw.com/securiti

news.bloomberglaw.comCatering to Tax Evaders Is a Poor Prescription for Bank HealthBy Andrew Leahey

For the apologists, the #SVB #bailout was merely prudent: a bunch of innocent bystanders stood in harm's way - from the rank-and-file employees at startups to the scholarship kids at elite private schools that trusted their endowment to #SiliconValleyBank - and so the government made an exception, improvising measures that made everyone whole without costing the public a dime. What's not to like?

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“It’s hard to ignore the fingerprints of a Big Four accounting firm—as well as the office nameplates in the C-suite—in the high-profile collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, as well as the near miss at First Republic Bank. In a veritable coup de grâce to independence, KPMG drafted audit opinions signing off on the banks’ financial statements."

#lawfedi #big4 #svb #signaturebank

Big Four Auditors and Consultants Need Liability—And a Divorce | news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insi

news.bloombergtax.comBig Four Auditors and Consultants Need Liability—And a DivorceBy Andrew Leahey
I don't often agree with the Wall Street Journal, but they are 100% correct to call the FDIC intervention around the Silicon Valley Bank a bailout.

The funds might not be coming from taxpayers, but the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund is funded by premiums paid by financial institutions, which are then passed to us, the consumers.

This means we are still paying for this Silicon Valley Bank bailout through fees and higher interest rates, with the poor hurting the most, as always.

"No Atheists in Foxholes. No Libertarians in Financial Crisis."

#SVB #SiliconValleyBank #bailout

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-silicon-valley-bank-bailout-chorus-yellen-treasury-fed-fdic-deposit-limit-dodd-frank-run-cc80761e?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_160&cx_artPos=0&mod=WTRN#cxrecs_s
The Wall Street JournalThe Silicon Valley Bank BailoutBy The Editorial Board