Silvergate en pourparlers avec la FDIC pour éviter une panne : rapport
- Silvergate a rencontré des responsables de la Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) pour éviter une éventuelle panne.
- The officials visited the company’s headquarters last week and dug deep into the records and books of the crypto firm to come up with a possible solution.
- Sources said that a decision has yet to be made by the executives and directors to deal with the company’s financial strife.
- La société a confirmé la semaine dernière qu'elle fermerait Silvergate Exchange Network, une plateforme de paiement d'actifs numériques.
La communauté crypto est sceptique quant aux capacités opérationnelles de la populaire banque crypto, Silvergate, dont le stock a chuté de plus de 50% au cours des dernières semaines après que la société a annoncé qu'elle reporterait le dépôt de son rapport financier annuel 10-K, conduisant à la l'industrie remet en question ses capacités financières. Fait intéressant, un rapport affirme que la société de technologie financière est en pourparlers avec des responsables de la Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) pour éviter une éventuelle panne.
Selon un rapport Bloomberg du 7 mars, la FDIC, une société gouvernementale américaine chargée de maintenir la solidité, la sécurité et la protection des consommateurs des entreprises et des sociétés bancaires opérant aux États-Unis. Il a été créé pendant la Grande Dépression pour redonner confiance aux consommateurs américains dans le système bancaire américain.
Bloomberg stated that as per people familiar with the matter, Silvergate is in talks with the FDIC to discuss ways that can be introduced to improve the company’s conditions and prevent a possible collapse.
The report also confirms that several officials arrived at the headquarters of the fintech firm last week to check Silvergate’s records and books and dig deep into the company’s finances. It is crucial to note that the sources told Bloomberg that a decision has yet to be made by the executives and directors to deal with the company’s financial strife.
According to the sources, the involvement of the FDIC in the financial matters of Silvergate does not mean that the company is incapable of fixing its finances on its own. The company lost the confidence of its partners and investors when it stated that it would postpone its 10-K filing, adding that it was evaluating the impact” of market volatility and several high-profile bankruptcies in 2022 on “its ability to continue as a going concern” over the next 12+ months.
The fintech firm added that it needs more time “to allow its independent registered public accounting firm to complete certain audit procedures, including the review of adjustments not yet recorded and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.”
D'autre part, de grands noms de l'industrie de la cryptographie comme Tether, MicroStrategy, Circle, Bitstamp, Galaxy Digital, Coinbase et Paxos ont pris leurs distances avec Silvergate, tandis que plusieurs entreprises ont réduit leurs partenariats, notamment Crypto.com, Blockchain.com, Wintermute. , GSR et Cboe Digital.
Furthermore, as reported earlier by Bitnation, veteran short seller Marc Cohodes has predicted that Silvergate will die within a week while sharing pictures of the firm’s deserted office. Cohodes said that “Silvergate is a publicly traded crime scene” and added that the CEO of the company, Alan Lane, belongs in prison.
La semaine dernière, la firme a annoncé qu'elle close its digital assets’ payment network, the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), adding that the termination is a “risk-based decision.” The California-based company also confirmed a loss of close to $1 billion in its Q4 2022 report and also laid off employees.