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What Happens When You Buy Long Duration Treasuries?
In Q4 21, now this is peak crypto. This is peak venture funding record funds raised. Silicon Valley bank had record inflows of deposits. And in a short interval of time, what they did is they bought the longest duration treasury bonds. That's because the mark to market of the securities that they purchased is just a lot lower than the par value of them.