Silicon Valley Bank’s Uninsured Depositors Bailed Out. Crypto Signature Bank Shut Down, All Depositors Bailed Out. Senior Execs Fired. All Shareholders, Some Bondholders Bailed In by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2023 • 580 Comments Treasury/Fed/FDIC issue joint statement with Tough Love for investors in failed banks.
SVB Financial had Investment-Grade Credit Ratings (Moody’s, S&P) up to Collapse. Got Slashed in One Fell Swoop to Default by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2023 • 325 Comments Not learned a thing since the Financial Crisis. Relying on ratings, preferred stock holders found themselves bailed in, bondholders got crushed.
RIP Silicon Valley Bank: Shut Down by California Regulator, Taken Over by FDIC, Shareholders Bailed In, Insured Depositors to Get their Cash by Monday by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2023 • 379 Comments The bank survived the Dotcom Bust. But this bust is far bigger because the Free-Money bubble was far bigger. FDIC may not have a loss on this deal.
Bank Stocks Got Wacked: Between a Rock and a Hard Place as Banks Run Out Free Money by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2023 • 187 Comments Oh dearie, those bonds.
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.
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.
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 Startup and Venture-Capital Barometer Plunges: Silicon Valley Bank Today v. Dotcom Bust by Wolf Richter • Jul 22, 2022 • 116 Comments The startup and VC bubble is tied to a booming stock market, but stocks are unraveling, and that strangles the money flow.
