Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse last week sent tingles of panic down investors’ spines as it highlighted a larger problem across the banking sector: The widening gap between the value large lenders place on the bonds they hold and what they’re actually worth on the market. Source: CNN
Stablecoin USDC breaks dollar peg after revealing $3.3 billion Silicon Valley Bank exposure
Stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) lost its dollar peg and slumped to an all-time low on Saturday after Circle, the US firm behind the coin, revealed some of the reserves backing it were held at Silicon Valley Bank. Source: CNN
Here's what led to Silicon Valley Bank's downfall, and what might come next
This week, the go-to bank for US tech startups came rapidly unglued, leaving its high-powered customers and investors in limbo. Source: CNN
These companies held money at Silicon Valley Bank and aren't sure if they'll recover the funds
Roku held approximately $487 million of its $1.9 billion in cash at Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed Friday and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the streaming technology company disclosed in an SEC filing. Source: CNN
Everything we know so far about the SVB meltdown
Silicon Valley Bank’s 48-hour collapse led to the second-largest failure of a financial institution in US history. Source: CNN
CEO describes pulling money from bank hours before collapse
Alison Greenberg, CEO of Ruth Health, describes to CNN’s Erin Burnett what it was like to urgently withdraw money from Silicon Valley Bank before it collapsed. Source: CNN
Silicon Valley Bank fails after a stunning 48 hours that set off fears of a banking industry meltdown
• LIVE UPDATES: US adds 311,000 jobs, indicating economy still too hot for Fed to ease rate hikes • Biden White House keeps confronting a good problem: A hot labor market Source: CNN
The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6% from 3.4%
January’s jobs report delivered a heck of a surprise when it showed the US economy had added more than half a million jobs and unemployment had dipped to a level not seen in more than five decades. Source: CNN