California burning – or dreaming or sinking?
Like a frog slowly boiling as the temperature rises incrementally
This isn’t for the faint-hearted. Silvergate Capital, Sillicon Valley Bank (SVB) and, overnight, Signature Bank: all gone tits-up. In just about a week.
Riding
Fintech and cryptocurrency backers Silvergate and Signature are less sizeable than SVB, the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley, and its Nasdaq-listed operating arm, SVB Financial Group (ticker: SIVB). Where to start is easy.
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