Silvergate is not a systematic risk for the United States banking system, but it could have a significant impact on the crypto markets, multiple sources told Cointelegraph. These may include increasing banking concentration in a few partners and challenges for venture capital firms seeking to establish banking relationships in the country.
The bank was a crypto-fiat gateway network for financial institutions and one of the major on-ramps for cryptocurrencies in the United States until March 8, when its parent company, Silvergate Capital Corporation,The move affects a"huge number of market markers and exchanges" that relied on the bank to process instant crypto-fiat transactions, explained Mark Lurie, CEO and co-founder of Shipyard Software, a decentralized development company.
“When I got into Bitcoin back in 2011, I never would have thought that an FDIC-insured bank involved in the industry would actually fail. This is certainly a setback and there will be implications that will reverberate across the digital asset industry for some time. I suspect that it will be difficult for a while for crypto ventures to acquire banking relationships in the United States given the regulatory measures of late," crypto mainstay Charlie Shrem told Cointelegraph.
The ability to operate without banks is one of the features that makes cryptocurrencies so interesting and disruptive
Wow who saw that coming? 😂😂
Someone at DigiFinex stole my Evmos, so now it's time to press charges. Just a bunch of thieves and scammers like Do Kwon.
I think it’s the opposite. There’s no stopping crypto, but yes the banking industry is in trouble. It will take a little more time, but major crypto adoption is coming. Regulators aren’t scrambling for nothing. If banking suffers so will the regulators…