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Markets

Bitcoin Surges as Bank Client Rescue Eases Contagion Fears, Fuels Hopes for Fed Dovishness; Binance's $1B Conversion Helps, Too

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs analysts have predicted the U.S. central bank will not raise interest rates at its next FOMC meeting on March 22, according to a report.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Was Built for This Moment

Amid a U.S. banking crisis, value is flowing into bitcoin. Is this the beginning of the “Great Reset?” investor and author Tatiana Koffman asks.

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)

Finance

BlockTower Capital Funds Had Exposure to Silvergate, Signature Bank

Silvergate Bank announced a voluntary liquidation last week. Signature Bank was taken over by regulators on Sunday.

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Videos

IMF Had Warned G-20 That Widespread Crypto Use Could Impact Banking Sector

The International Monetary Fund's report on "Macrofinancial Implications of Crypto Assets," given to the G-20 in February during a meeting in India, was made public on Monday, days after the collapse of crypto-friendly banks Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Silvergate Bank. "The Hash" panel discusses the significance of the report, as the IMF had warned the Group of 20 (G-20) nations that the widespread proliferation of crypto assets could lead to banks losing deposits and curtailing lending.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Stocks Surge Amid Banking Meltdown

Mining equities were up about 11% on average on Monday alongside big gains for bitcoin.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges 18% to Above $24K

Some $160 million in short positions have been liquidated on Monday.

Crypto prices rallied on Friday (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Policy

President Biden Calls for Stronger Bank Regulations in Wake of SVB, Signature Bank Collapses

The government on Sunday evening stepped in to guarantee no losses will be borne by the lenders' depositors.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Says It Still Has Access to $142M at Signature Bank

Marathon terminated a credit facility with Silvergate last week.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Videos

Crypto Banking Crisis Concerns Loom

Host Joel Flynn weighs in on what could happen next after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank's respective collapses. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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