Coin Stories cover image

Lyn Alden: Banking Crisis Explained, Is This Start of a Systemic Financial Bust? Plus, Bank Consolidations and Bitcoin

Coin Stories

00:00

Silicon Valley Bank - The First Domino

Silicon Valley Bank bought long duration bonds because they were chasing yield in a zero interest rate policy environment. They had to go sell them when depositors came and wanted to get their money out. Their deposits were not very high quality because they were concentrated in one industry, tech startups. A bank like JP Morgan got more into shorter duration types of assets.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app