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The two regional lenders – and a smaller institution, Silvergate Bank, that arguably sparked the recent blaze that spread through U.S. banking – took business risks that undermined their resilience, according to their regulators. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr said the trouble with SVB, for instance, was
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After the recent bank collapses in the U.S., a number of people believe that more failures are coming following the Federal Reserve’s increase of the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps). American journalist Charles Gasparino insists that Wall Street’s “low-rate” junkies are ignoring the U.S. banking crisis. Quill
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for a “thorough, independent investigation of the causes” that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. She alleges that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “bears direct responsibility” for regulatory and supervisory issues involving the two banks. Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls
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Representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve will be testifying before the United States House Financial Services Commission in a newly announced hearing investigating the collapse of two major banks.In a March 17 notice, Representatives Maxine Waters and Patrick McHenry — ranking member and chair of the
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After the recent collapse of three banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – many pointed fingers at crypto as the cause. But crypto may actually be the solution, not the problem. Original Source
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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the more prominent anti-crypto voices in the United States Congress, has called on Jerome Powell to recuse himself amid an internal probe at the Federal Reserve.Speaking to reporters in Washington D.C. on March 15, Warren said Powell had led “the de-regulatory movement” at the
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Credit rating agency Moody's, has recently downgraded its outlook on the entire US banking system from "stable" to "negative." The move comes in light of recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank, and Signature Bank, which has prompted regulators to intervene with a rescue plan for impacted depositors
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On Deribit, one options contract represents 1 BTC and 1 ETH. The exchange controls more than 80% of the global crypto options market. Options give traders the right to buy or sell the underlying asset, in this case, bitcoin, at a specific price, known as a strike, by a stated
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Major banks are still willing to work with crypto firms though they may implement service restrictions, according to messages viewed by CoinDesk. Original Source
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Banks saw their share prices take a rollercoaster ride over the weekend and into March 13. Trading was temporarily halted for dozens of United States regional banks amid volatility and falling prices. The Wall Street Journal reported early in the morning that trading was halted for First Republic Bank, which led
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