Silvergate Capital anuncia liquidação do Silvergate Bank
- A Silvergate Capital Corporation, a empresa por trás do banco criptográfico Silvergate Bank, confirmou a liquidação do banco.
- The decision was made “in light of recent industry and regulatory developments” and multiple firms ending their relations with the crypto bank.
- The Bank’s “wind down and liquidation plan includes full repayment of all deposits,” read the announcement.
- O vendedor a descoberto veterano, Marc Cohodes, previu que o banco criptográfico morrerá em uma semana, em 4 de março.
Silvergate Bank, a crypto bank and fintech firm that rose to popularity over the years, has failed to survive the prevailing crypto winter due to its exposure to the bankruptcy crypto exchange FTX. Silvergate Capital Corporation, the company behind the crypto bank, has announced that it will “voluntarily liquidate” the fintech firm because it seems like the best path for the firm looking at the current crypto market situation and regulatory developments.
De acordo com um anúncio on March 8, Silvergate Capital Corporation has decided to close the bank “in light of recent industry and regulatory developments” and multiple crypto companies reducing their exposure to the crypto bank. Many firms also scaled back their partnerships with the bank, including Coinbase, Paxos, Gemini, BitStamp, and Galaxy Digital.
A comunidade cripto no Twitter viu isso acontecer, pois muitos funcionários receberam cartas para se preparar para o fechamento imediato da empresa. É crucial observar que a Silvergate Capital Corporation também demitiu recentemente um número significativo de funcionários, conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation. A empresa-mãe do banco demitiu 40% de sua força de trabalho, ou cerca de 200 funcionários.
The Nasdaq-listed company also scrapped its ambitions to introduce a digital currency and wrote off the $196 million associated with its purchase of Diem Association’s technology and assets from META. At that time, the company said it now has to adapt to the “economic realities facing the digital asset industry today.”
On the other hand, Silvergate Bank’s “wind down and liquidation plan includes full repayment of all deposits,” according to the announcement, which adds that the company is “considering how best to resolve claims and preserve the residual value of its assets, including its proprietary technology and tax assets.”
Além disso, a Silvergate Capital também confirmou que Centerview Partners LLC está atuando como consultor financeiro, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP está atuando como consultor jurídico e a Strategic Risk Associates está fornecendo assistência de gerenciamento de projetos de transição no processo de liquidação, que parece ser a única maneira para a empresa garantir o seu futuro.
Parece que a previsão feita pelo veterano vendedor a descoberto Marc Cohodes, conhecido por seus ataques à empresa listada na Nasdaq desde o ano passado, se tornou realidade. Conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation, Cohodes previu que Silvergate Bank entrará em colapso em uma semana, adding that the company “is a publicly traded crime scene” and that the CEO of the company, Alan Lane, belongs in prison.
Additionally, the company also shut down its digital asset payments network, the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), adding that the termination was a “risk-based decision.” This sparked rumors of liquidation in the crypto space. Interestingly, United States Judge Michael B. Kaplan ordered the bank to return $9,850,000 deposited by BlockFi, a bankrupt crypto lender that had exposure to FTX.
É fundamental observar que a empresa, mesmo reuniu-se com funcionários da Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to prevent a possible liquidation. 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.
Jornalista cripto com mais de 3 anos de experiência em DeFi, NFT, metaverso, etc. Parth trabalhou com grandes meios de comunicação no mundo cripto e financeiro e ganhou experiência e conhecimento em cultura criptográfica depois de sobreviver a mercados de baixa e alta ao longo dos anos.
