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Silvergate executive blames Fed, FDIC and OCC for bank's collapse (archive.li)
2 points by janandonly on Sept 20, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This is the smoking gun: Silverage was solvent and able to operate, but the Fed had informed them they had to curtail their crypto business. Without a crypto business, they would have had to reshape the entire firm. It was _this_ that caused them to liquidate.




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