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Barney Frank: Signature Bank’s closure was a message that “Crypto is toxic.”

Barney Frank’s Claims An ex-congressman and the man behind the Dodd-Frank Act, Barney Frank, has said that Signature Bank was shuttered in part to attack the digital asset industry. The former lawmaker, who is also a Signature Bank board member, said that regulators targeted the bank to send an “anti-crypto message.” Third-Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History Signature Bank’s closure marks the third-largest bank failure in...

Bankruptcy, Crypto regulation, Cryptocurrencies, People in crypto, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)

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USDC Stablecoin Depegs Following Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

In brief: USDC stablecoin loses its peg to the U.S. dollar and drops as low as $0.88 following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Tether maintains its peg while other stablecoins see minor drops. Circle’s $3.3 billion held at Silicon Valley Bank amounts to 8.25% of its $40 billion reserves. Frax, a decentralized stablecoin partly backed by USDC, also depreciates to $0.90. The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank...

$FRAX, $USDC, Bankruptcy, Front page, Main, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Stablecoins

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