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.
The Price of Easy Money Now Coming Due by Wolf Richter • Dec 25, 2022 • 216 Comments The Crazy Stuff & Asset Prices that arose during Easy Money are coming unglued as Easy Money ended.
Eleven Months After Going Public via SPAC, Texas-Based Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2022 • 135 Comments Consensual-hallucination stocks and crypto just keep on giving.
BlockFi, 8 Subsidiaries File for Bankruptcy: Smooth & Efficient Crypto Contagion Continues by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2022 • 167 Comments The price of consensual hallucination. Filing also lists $30 million SEC settlement, and huge amounts owed to unnamed “clients.”
Lose $1.7 billion on $519 Million in Revenue? Bitcoin Miner SPAC Core Scientific Shows How. Bankrupt a Year after Going Public? by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2022 • 151 Comments Consensual hallucination was required to pull this off.
I Agree: Don’t Regulate Crypto, Let it Burn. Making Good Progress on its Own by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2022 • 350 Comments By letting it burn, it won’t get big enough to cause major contagion outside of crypto.
Where’s the Contagion from the Crypto Implosion? by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2022 • 109 Comments As the FTX collapse shows, the shenanigans guarantee smooth and efficient contagion inside the crypto zone. But beyond it?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Where’s the Contagion from the Crypto Implosion? by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2022 • 208 Comments As the FTX collapse shows, the shenanigans guarantee smooth and efficient contagion inside the crypto zone. But beyond it?
