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Ripple's CTO Guarantees Update on SVB Exposure: Details

Sun, 03/12/2023 - 13:29
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Tomiwabold Olajide
Details of tech-focused bank's sudden collapse were unclear
Ripple's CTO Guarantees Update on SVB Exposure: Details
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Ripple CTO David Schwartz, in response to questions on whether the company had exposure to the collapsed SVB, says an official statement will soon be issued. He refrains from saying anything until a statement is made.

The sudden collapse of SVB Financial Group, which rocked the global financial markets and left billions of dollars belonging to businesses and investors stranded, made it the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis.

The bank, which operated under the name Silicon Valley Bank, was shut down by California banking regulators on Friday, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named as receiver for a subsequent sale of its assets.

The details of the tech-focused bank's sudden collapse were unclear, but it appeared that the Fed's aggressive interest rate increases during the previous year, which had severely tightened financial conditions in the start-up sector where it was a prominent player, might be to blame.

USDC issuer Circle recently disclosed that $3.3 billion of its $40 billion in USDC reserves were held in the troubled Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In addition, the Bank is one of Circle's six banking partners that it employs to manage roughly 25% of its cash-based USDC reserves.

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As a result, the USDC stablecoin has lost its dollar peg, trading at $0.95 at the time of publication.

CryptoLaw founder John Deaton reacted to a user's comment on the list of companies that have disclosed their exposure in SVB so far, including Circle ($3.3 billion exposure), BlockFi ($227 million exposure) and others.

The user quipped, "No Ripple," to which Deaton responded, "If Ripple didn't have exposure you would already know that."

At the time of writing, an official statement from Ripple was not yet available.

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Tomiwabold is a cryptocurrency analyst and an experienced technical analyst. He pays close attention to cryptocurrency research, conducting comprehensive price analysis and exchanging predictions of estimated market trends. Tomiwabold earned his degree at the University of Lagos.