Banking


Finance

Gibraltar's Xapo Bank Enables GBP Payments, Prepares USDC Option Amid U.S. Crypto Banking Crisis

The retail-focused bank will be allowing users to make GBP payments directly to and from their U.K. accounts or wallets.

Gibraltar's iconic rock (Michal Morzak/Unsplash)

Finance

Banking Crisis in U.S. Likely to Push Crypto Firms Offshore

Switzerland, Lichtenstein and island jurisdictions are among the potential benefactors of the trend.

Author and investor Tatiana Koffman is just one among many who have turned to bitcoin amid a plague of bank runs – possibly the beginning of what she has described as the "Great Reset." (K8/Unsplash)

Policy

Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?

It depends on who you ask, but this round of government interventions doesn’t yet resemble the large-scale, taxpayer-involved rescue in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown.

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Finance

Yellen Says No to SVB Bailout, but Says Government Is Working to Help Depositors

The Treasury Secretary sought to ease concerns that the bank’s collapse could lead to a domino effect.

(Silicon Valley Bank)

Finance

Replacing Silvergate’s Network Is a Challenge for Crypto Industry: JPMorgan

Some of the services provided by Silvergate will migrate to other banks such as Signature Bank, Provident Bancorp, Metropolitan Commercial Bank and Customers Bancorp, the report said.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Morgan Stanley Sees More Regulatory Scrutiny of Crypto On-Ramps as Silvergate Falters

The bank was a major player in the business of moving money in and out of crypto.

Banks that deal with crypto are facing more questions. (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Crypto’s Banking Problem Is Not Ironic

Call it Choke Point 2.0, debanking or whatever, the crypto industry’s problems with the banking industry show why the banking industry needs reform.

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Policy

The Rise and Fall of Silvergate’s Crypto Business

The bank’s own data shows the rapid acceleration of its novel crypto-banking business and how leaning into digital assets made it vulnerable to the industry’s drama.

(Charlotte Harrison/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)