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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Crypto Impact and What's Next

The abrupt collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank prompted U.S. regulators to impose emergency measures to protect depositors. This comes on the heels of crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank’s shutdown in the same week. Here’s a look at how SVB’s closure is sending ripple effects across the crypto industry, and what’s to come.

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Why Stablecoin USDC’s Unstable Weekend Matters

The second-largest stablecoin in crypto has restored its dollar peg after a tumultuous weekend, but it shows how important the token is in the ecosystem.

Circle (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

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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MakerDAO Weighs Using Emergency Switch to Prevent Future DAI Depegging

The community proposal comes just two days after DAI followed stablecoin USDC in slipping beneath the one-dollar mark. 

MakerDAO booth at CES 2020 (Brady Dale/CoinDesk)

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USDC Stablecoin Regains Dollar Peg After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The USDC stablecoin regained its peg to the U.S. dollar, according to CoinGecko, after falling below the $1 value it was supposed to hold as the federal banking and finance regulators said on Sunday that all Silicon Valley Bank depositors would have access to their funds beginning Monday. "The Hash" panel discusses the implications for stablecoins and the wider crypto market.

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$70M in Fresh On-Chain USDC Positions at Risk of Liquidation if Stablecoin Depegs by 10%

Traders betting on a USDC revival are in healthy profit but downside risk remains in the event of another depeg.

On-chain USDC liquidations (DefiLlama)

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USDC Stablecoin Depegs, Crypto Market Goes Haywire After Silicon Valley Bank Collapses

USDC's normally stable price sank to 87 cents from $1 while Ethereum gas fees soared hours after the crypto-tied bank failed.

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Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto

Circle earlier confirmed it has $3.3 billion backing its USDC stablecoin parked at now-shuttered Silicon Valley Bank.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Circle Confirms $3.3B of USDC's Cash Reserves Stuck at Failed Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank, one of the reserve banking partners for Circle's USDC stablecoin, was shut down by regulators on Friday.

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

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Circle’s USDC Endured $1B of Net Redemptions Since Silicon Valley Bank's Shutdown

Stablecoin issuer Circle held an undisclosed amount of USDC’s cash reserves at now-failed Silicon Valley Bank.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)