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Policy

Circle Scrambles to Right USDC After Signature Bank Failure

Circle Internet Financial is racing to find new banking partners for its USDC stablecoin.

CEO Jeremy Allaire's Circle is part of the consortium behind USDC. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Silicon Valley Bank Depositors Will Have Access to 'All' Funds Monday, Say Federal Regulators

“Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy by strengthening public confidence in our banking system,” a joint statement read.

Silicon Valley Bank headquarters (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Rises on Report Government Weighing Plan to Protect All Silicon Valley Bank Depositors

The price of the largest cryptocurrency briefly rose back above $21,500 before giving back some gains.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Lawmakers Met With Fed, FDIC to Discuss Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: Source

Rep. Maxine Waters convened meetings with federal bank regulators in the wake of the bank's collapse.

Rep. Maxine Waters (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto VC Firm Pantera Used Silicon Valley Bank as a Custodian

A regulatory filing shows the shuttered bank as one of three custodians for Pantera’s funds.

Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Bounces as U.S. Adds 311K Jobs in February, Beating Expectations

The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% against forecasts for it to hold steady at 3.4%.

The government releases jobs data for November on Friday (YinYang/Getty)

Policy

U.S. Justice Dept. Appeals New York Judge’s Decision to Approve Voyager’s Sale to Binance.US

The appeal comes just one day after Judge Michael Wiles gave Voyager Digital the go-ahead to sell its assets to Binance.US.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Why Financial Analysts Missed Silvergate’s Red Flags

There were numerous signs of the crypto bank’s problems, but none of the analysts following the company picked up on them. Angelo Calvello, of Rosetta Analytics, says that was partly down to their traditional investment mindset.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

Policy

Crypto Bank Silvergate Announces 'Voluntary Liquidation'

The bank revealed last Wednesday it would have to delay filing its annual 10-K report due to questions from its auditors.

(CoinDesk)

Policy

Grayscale Chief Legal Officer: A Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Protect U.S. Investors, Consumers

Craig Salm discusses what happens next after a court acts on its lawsuit against the SEC, and whether this regulator should even be involved with bitcoin products.

(Grayscale Investments Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm/CoinDesk TV)