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Sources: the FDIC is racing to sell SVB's assets and make 30% to 50% or more of clients' uninsured deposits available as soon as Monday — US regulators overseeing the emergency breakup of SVB Financial Group are racing to sell assets and make a portion of clients' uninsured deposits available …
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| Semafor: |
Sources: some hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits at SVB for 60 to 80 cents on the dollar; Filing: ~96% of deposits as of Dec. 31 were uninsured — Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stranded at Silicon Valley Bank for as little as 60 cents on the dollar …
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| Bloomberg: |
SVB draws support from 300+ VC firms, including General Catalyst, while 1,200+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking the US Congress to act — More than 100 venture capital and investing firms have signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank, part of mounting industry calls …
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| Rob Wile / NBC News: |
In an email to sellers, Etsy warns that the SVB collapse is causing delays in processing payments; one seller says it would be “catastrophic” for his business — Etsy is warning sellers that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday is causing delays in processing payments … | Bloomberg: |
Founders fear that the collapse of SVB, which had branches in the UK, Canada, China, Germany, India, Israel, and more, could wipe out startups around the world — The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is beginning to spread around the world.| TechCrunch: |
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| New York Times: |
SVB's implosion leads to finger-pointing and factionalism, as crypto advocates blame centralized banking and investors argue crypto collapses led to the crisis — The implosion of the Silicon Valley bank led to finger-pointing, as executives and investors jumped on the crisis for their own messaging.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Circle says $3.3B of its ~$40B USDC reserves remain at Silicon Valley Bank and that the crypto payments firm will follow state and federal regulators' guidance — - After being largely silent on Friday, Circle said it has $3.3 billion in exposure to Silicon Valley Bank …
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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
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| Gita Jackson / The Verge: |
Twitter is in decline and less stable under Elon Musk, echoing LiveJournal and Tumblr falling apart under new ownership that didn't understand their communities — Twitter is in a period of decline. The site still functions, people are still using it, but there's a familiar stink that lingers on the website.| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google — Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Gowalla co-founder and CEO Josh Williams as he re-launches his location-based social networking app at SXSW, 14 years after its debut — One of the original location-based social apps is relaunching at SXSW - 14 years after its debut — Gowalla co-founder and CEO Josh Williams …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
How the FBI proved that NetWire was a Remote Access Trojan and not a legitimate remote admin tool, leading to the seizure of the website selling the malware — On Thursday, the U.S. government announced that it had seized a website used to sell malware designed to spy on computers and cellphones.| Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail: |
Meta says it plans to block Canadians' ability to view or share news content on Facebook and Instagram if the country's proposed Online News Act becomes law — Tech giant Meta has decided to block Canadians' ability to view or share news content on Facebook and Instagram …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
As the “Bank of Startups”, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk, a lack of diversity among depositors, and VC herd mentality — Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today, but: bank run! — SVB
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