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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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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 … | Thomas Seal / 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.| 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 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roblox and other companies disclose their exposure to SVB in SEC filings; Roblox says ~5% of its $3B cash and securities balance was at SVB as of February 28 — The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is impacting a range of startups and larger firms including …
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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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SBV collapse led to finger-pointing, as some crypto advocates preach and scold while some investors argue crypto collapses set the stage for SVB's collapse — 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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| Bloomberg: |
Coinbase and Binance temporarily suspend conversions of USDC; USDC depegged and traded at ~$0.90 as investors reacted to Circle's SVB exposure — The second-largest stablecoin in crypto fell from its intended $1 peg on Saturday, trading as low as 81.5 cents, hurt by the exposure …
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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.
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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.| 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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| Giovanni Colantonio / Digital Trends: |
After being prompted to create a Sudoku-like puzzle, ChatGPT “invented” a game called Sumplete that is nearly identical to at least one years-old mobile game — ChatGPT can add another job to its résumé: game developer. With just a few simple prompts from a user …
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| Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: |
Filing: investors and depositors tried to pull $42B from SVB on March 9; the bank had a $958M negative cash balance on March 9, per a taking possession order — Investors and depositors tried to pull $42 billion from Silicon Valley Bank on Thursday in one of the biggest US bank runs in more than a decade … | CNBC: |
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