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Signature Bank failed to understand risks associated with crypto: FDIC chair

Investigations into the collapse of Signature Bank point toward illiquidity circumstances and poor management. However, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) chairman, Martin Gruenberg, believes the bank’s failure to understand the risks associated with cryptocurrencies expedited its fall.Speaking at a recent United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee hearing

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GAO cites exposure to digital assets in exploring collapse of Signature Bank

The United States Government Accountability Office, or GAO, has released its preliminary review of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — and included exposure to deposits from the cryptocurrency industry.In a report released on May 11, the GAO said “poor governance and unsatisfactory risk-management practices” led to

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FDIC pins Signature Bank’s failure on poor governance and illiquidity

The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corp’s (FDIC) post-mortem assessment of Signature Bank of New York (SBNY) revealed poor management and inadequate risk management practices as the root cause for its collapse.Signature Bank was shut down by federal regulators on March 12 in a bid to protect the U.S. economy

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FDIC Cites Poor Management, Contagion Risk as Key Contributors to Signature Bank Failure

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published a 63-page report outlining issues Signature faced, attributing its failure to “poor management,” saying the bank heavily relied on uninsured deposits, did not have strong liquidity risk management practices and maintained poor risk management in general. These factors were exacerbated by a bank

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Former Signature Bank Crypto Payments Chief, 4 of His Team Join Fortress Trust

Seibert, who is now managing director of the Fortress digital assets business, is working with part of the Signature Bank risk and compliance team and crypto payments specialists, to help exchanges, over-the-counter (OTC) desks and others in the industry solve their post-Signature/Silvergate fiat settlement at Fortress, he told CryptoX. Source

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New York Regulator Calls Crypto Theories Associated With Signature Bank Closure ‘Ludicrous’ – Regulation Bitcoin News

Adrienne A. Harris, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, has branded as “ludicrous” the claims that the closure of Signature Bank was related to its crypto business. Harris insisted that the bank’s “high percentage of uninsured deposits” and insufficient liquidity were some of the reasons why it

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‘Ludicrous’ to think Signature Bank’s collapse was connected to crypto, says NYDFS head

Adrienne Harris, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has reportedly said the closure of the crypto-friendly Signature Bank in March had nothing to do with exposure to digital assets.According to an April 5 report in The Wall Street Journal, Harris made the remarks at the Chainalysis Links

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Tether ‘unequivocally reiterates’ no exposure to Signature Bank

After a Bloomberg article alleged exposure between stablecoin provider Tether and the now-collapsed Signature Bank, rumors began to circulate regarding the involvement between the two companies. However Tether immediately reached out to clarify the claims made in the original article. In an email sent to Cryptox among other outlets, Tether gave

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Stablecoin issuer Tether accessed US banking system using Signature: Report

Tether, the firm behind the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, reportedly allowed its clients to send funds through Signature Bank’s payments platform — granting the firm access to United States banks.According to an April 4 Bloomberg report, Tether had a pathway to the U.S. banking system by instructing its users

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