The FDIC declined bids submitted by other financial institutions for Silicon Valley Bank in a separate auction held over the weekend. | Jeff Chiu/AP PhotoThe FDIC has brought in the investment bank Piper Sandler to auction off Silicon Valley Bank, kicking off a high stakes sales process for the collapsed lender, according to two market sources who were granted anonymity to discuss the sale.
Lawmakers have been pressuring federal officials to outline their long-term plans for the defunct bank since it was shut down by California officials on Friday. The FDIC declined bids submitted by other financial institutions in a separate auction held over the weekend, according to four lawmakers who’ve been briefed on the matter, a decision that has frustrated some Congress members who would’ve preferred to see Silicon Valley Bank acquired. said in an interview late Tuesday. “The notion that they’re going to do better as this asset turns into a carcass? … It’s hard for me to understand how that’s the best answer.
Signature Bank, a New York institution that had been a key banking partner to major crypto businesses, was also shuttered by regulators on Sunday. The credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded First Republic, another lender whose shares have been battered in the days since SVB went under. The ratings agency also warned that the regional banking crisis could spill over into the broader market, including insurance businesses and investment funds.
No difference between this debacle in the making and the last one in 1990’s — it was junk bonds then and no regulations and it’s crypto - NFT’s and no regulations this time (also a ton of stupidity and corruption back then and will probably be true this time as well).