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| U.S. Department of the Treasury: |
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC: all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13 — WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
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| Bloomberg: |
SVB draws support from 500+ VCs, including General Catalyst and Sequoia, while 5,000+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking 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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| Semafor: |
Sources: some hedge funds are offering to buy startups' SVB deposits for 60 to 80 cents on the dollar; filing: ~96% of deposits were uninsured as of December 31 — 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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| Rob Wile / NBC News: |
Etsy warns sellers that SVB's collapse is causing payment processing delays and hopes to pay them via its other partners “within the next several business days” — Etsy is warning sellers that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday is causing delays in processing payments …
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The Verge, Engadget, PCMag, Forbes, Insider, FDIC, and New York Post
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| 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.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK is seeking a buyer for SVB's British arm, which had nearly £7B in deposits on March 10, with an UAE-based company as the “lead white knight” — ‘Lead white knight’ eyeing British arm of tech lender that had billions in deposits
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tim Cook has pressed ahead with an MR headset debut in 2023, overruling Apple designers who wanted to wait until the tech catches up with their vision — New launch will be first steered entirely by CEO and under direction of operations team — When Tim Cook unveils Apple's new …
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| CNBC: |
New York shuts down Signature Bank as US regulators cite a “systemic risk exception” like for SVB, announcing all of Signature's depositors will be “made whole” — U.S. regulators said Sunday it shut down New York-based Signature Bank, a second financial institution … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the unprecedented level of executive turnover at Apple, which lost 11 key people, most just below Senior Vice President, since the second half of 2022 — Apple is facing an unprecedented wave of executive departures. Also: The company will shake up its sales operations with a focus on India … | 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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| Bloomberg: |
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| New York Times: |
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| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated hacking targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and others — 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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Investor's Business Daily, WebProNews, Slashdot, and Metacurity
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| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Bring a Trailer, a classic car blog from 2007 that became a marketplace, facilitated $1.37B in 2022 sales, and held its 100,000th auction on March 7 — Bring a Trailer is where obsessives buy, sell and geek out over classic cars. The company pops open its hood after 100,000 auctions to explain why.
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@wsj, @chicagobooth, and @tomgara
| 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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@jw
| Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail: |
Meta plans to block Canadians' ability to view or share written and broadcast news on Facebook and Instagram if the country passes its proposed Online News Act — Tech giant Meta has decided to block Canadians' ability to view or share news content on Facebook and Instagram …
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Reuters, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pixel Envy, PCMag, Techaeris, Canadian Press, MobileSyrup, and Michael Geist
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