SVB Financial/Silicon Valley Bank Shares Collapse 55% Today, 84% from Consensual Hallucination Peak, as it Shores Up Balance Sheet & Liquidity to Face the Future by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2023 • 255 Comments SVB is massively involved in all segments of the startup scene that is now facing a mass extinction event.
Crypto Bank Silvergate to Shut Down and Liquidate, after FDIC Examiners Show up. Shares Collapse Entirely by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2023 • 160 Comments In 16 months from $239 at peak crypto consensual hallucination to $2.76, including the 44% plunge afterhours.
Crypto Bank Silvergate Issues “Going Concern” Warning, Says Q4 Financials with $1 Billion Loss Were Fake, Loss Was Even Bigger, Frets about “Regulatory Capital Ratios” by Wolf Richter • Mar 1, 2023 • 67 Comments It just keeps getting funnier with this crypto stuff. Shares crush dip buyers after hours.
After Spiking 92% Today, 350% in a Month, Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Collapses Afterhours on Share Offering That’ll Dilute the Bejesus out of the Meme-Stock Crowd by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2023 • 105 Comments Revenues collapsed. Bankruptcy filing hangs over it. This is a money-suck. But hey, it incinerated $11.6 billion on share buybacks.
Coinbase CEO Still among those “Who Believe in Crypto,” the Religion, Cuts another 25% of Real-World Staff, Sees another Huge Loss by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2023 • 118 Comments It has $3.6 billion in real-world debt. The bonds crashed, the stock imploded, reality keeps biting the crypto world.
Crypto-Bank Silvergate Details its Own Implosion, Much of its Equity Capital Wiped Out. I’m Waiting for the FDIC to Show Up by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2023 • 90 Comments Wait a minute… It still “believes in” crypto? Is crypto now a religion that a bank “believes in?” FDIC, are you reading this?
Fed, FDIC, & OCC Warn Banks about Contagion from Cryptos, with Laundry List of Sordid Stuff Inherent in the Crypto Scene by Wolf Richter • Jan 3, 2023 • 159 Comments Only a couple of smaller banks have significant exposure to cryptos, and their shares have collapsed.
2022, Year of Face-Ripping Bear-Market Rallies that Got Crushed by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2022 • 159 Comments But history doesn’t repeat, it rhymes: For your amusement, a Nasdaq comparison to the Dotcom Bust.
The Most Astounding IPO Hype-and-Hoopla Show Ever Ends 2022 in Tears by Wolf Richter • Dec 26, 2022 • 87 Comments “The value of discipline is currently at an all-time high,” after years when the value of consensual hallucination was at an all-time high.
Tesla Joins my Imploded Stocks, -70% from Peak: Object of Religious Veneration Turns into Automaker by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2022 • 267 Comments Beyond the consensual hallucination, the real world for automakers is not fun.
