Kevin Hassett reveals "there were buyers who were willing to step in & buy [SVB, but] the radicals at the @FDICgov basically weren’t going to allow that to happen … the Biden Admin had a whitelist of companies that were allowed to buy the failed bank & companies that weren’t." pic.twitter.com/Tsp2zPK70t

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 13, 2023

A Democrat Senator essentially asked whether there was a program in place to censor information on social media that could lead to a run on the banks.

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 13, 2023

Dear Ukraine, please bail out US banks

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 13, 2023

This is a regulatory failure of historic proportions by both the Fed and Treasury.

Instead of preventing billions in losses, the Fed was worrying about board diversity and Yellen was flying to Ukraine.

Everyone should be sacked immediately. https://t.co/XDd5LTI6hF

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 12, 2023

The extraordinary intervention: pic.twitter.com/O5V1H6Kfiw

— Travoltage (@Travoltage1) March 12, 2023

Alex Jones says SVB is the start of the globalist plan to collapse smaller regional banks so that they can be absorbed by the 6 Big Banks connected to the Fed Reserve with an end goal to introduce Digital Currency aka CBDC’s as a solution to a crisis they created. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/drTk5obVaj

— Melissa Tate (@TheRightMelissa) March 12, 2023

#BREAKING: 12 days ago, Gregory Becker, the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, sold 11% of his shares

Daniel Beck, the CFO, sold 32% of his holdings

CMO Michelle Draper sold 28%

Something doesn't seem right… pic.twitter.com/T7xzb2w2jb

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 11, 2023

BREAKING: HARRY AND MEGHAN STAND TO LOSE MILLIONS IN COLLAPSE OF SVB BANK

Sources tell iSN the couple set up accounts following the advice of friends in Silicon Valley.

"This is a major blow," said our source, "They had all of Harry's money there." pic.twitter.com/d5qrfYa2Qo

— iSource News (@isource_news) March 11, 2023

BREAKING: HARRY AND MEGHAN STAND TO LOSE MILLIONS IN COLLAPSE OF SVB BANK  https://t.co/KygSIxQOS7

— Josh Young (@Josh_Young_1) March 11, 2023

… 26% = $487 million, evaporates just like that. Yikes!

Roku says 26% of its cash reserves are stuck in Silicon Valley Bank https://t.co/EYd7tniMqT

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 11, 2023

Matt Gaetz:

"I will NOT support a taxpayer bailout of Silicon Valley Bank."pic.twitter.com/eGFschCx3Q

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 11, 2023

The buried lede on #SBV is that they got caught sideways on losses in relatively safe mortgage backed securities. They made a 10 year bet that went south on interest rate increases. It was interest rate risk not credit risk.

Now how many other banks made this mistake?

— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) March 11, 2023

Who the hell was in charge of risk management at SVB and what the hell were they focused on???

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— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 11, 2023

Panic in China, where SVB has played a hugely important role in the country. Chinese startups can’t raise money from overseas investors in foreign currencies without offshore bank account. Opening an SVB account has been the easiest option. https://t.co/M6F0CCU8OS

— Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) March 10, 2023

One month ago, Jim Cramer urged investors to buy Silicon Valley Bank stock $SIVB, saying it was "still cheap" and has "room to run."

The stock's value has since dropped by 66% following concerns that the bank is on the brink of collapsing. pic.twitter.com/5jgjqTGxld

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 10, 2023

An explainer on what is going on with Silicon Valley Bank:

– In 2021 SVB saw a mass influx in deposits, which jumped from $61.76bn at the end of 2019 to $189.20bn at the end of 2021.

– As deposits grew, SVB could not grow their loan book fast enough to generate the yield they… https://t.co/xHDc4ebvsr

— Jamie Quint (@jamiequint) March 9, 2023