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Bank Runs!

Patrick Boyle On Finance

CHAPTER

How Does Silvergate Deal With Cryptocurrencies?

Silvergate was an actual US regulated bank with excruciatingly detailed audited financial statements and capital regulation. They had a product called Senn Leverage Direct Lending where they would lend people money collateralized with Bitcoin. As of September 2022, their balance sheet showed about $11.4 billion of securities,. Most of them were from crypto companies, so non-interest paying deposits.

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