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Prospective Signature Bank Buyers Must Promise to Give Up All Crypto Business: Report

Signature Bank is on the market after being shuttered by state regulators on Sunday, but any potential buyer reportedly has to agree to a major caveat: no crypto. Jason Brett, Key Bridge Advisors Managing Director and former U.S. Regulator at the FDIC, shares insights into the recent banking jitters and its impact on the crypto industry. Plus, his outlook for Credit Suisse after Switzerland's second-biggest lender saw its worst day on record, with shares falling over 20%.

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Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $24.5K as European Banking Woes Spook Investors

BTC dropped as low as $23,946 Wednesday midday before pulling back above the $24,000 mark.

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Is Credit Suisse a Canary in the Financial Industry Coal Mine?

Though recent flubs dominate headlines, the Swiss giant’s real mistake may have been trying to compete with Wall Street in the first place.

A shuttered bank in the ghost town of Rockerville, South Dakota, near Mount Rushmore. (Peter Unger/Getty Images)

Opinion

What Credit Suisse and Three Arrows Capital Have in Common

One of the world’s most embarrassingly bad banks is tanking – and some of its biggest missteps will look all too familiar to crypto financiers.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Credit Suisse Held $31M in ‘Digital Assets’ for Clients Last Quarter

The Swiss bank disclosed its custody of what are more likely tokenized securities than cryptocurrencies in keeping with SEC accounting guidance.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

Videos

Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets and Crypto

At the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey leads a panel of financial experts in a discussion about how traditional financial institutions are adapting regulations to fit the crypto industry and if the decentralization of currency is a threat to Wall Street.

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Videos

How the Russia-Ukraine War Could Lead to a New Monetary System

With most of the world imposing economic and trade sanctions against Russia for their actions in Ukraine, Credit Suisse strategist Zoltan Pozsar believes that this could be the catalyst for an “outside money” financial system. “The Hash” crew discusses bitcoin as a competitive currency to the dollar and the potential for a new monetary system.

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Credit Suisse Strategist Says We're Witnessing Birth of a New World Monetary Order

"Money" will never be the same again after the Ukraine war, writes Zoltan Pozsar, and bitcoin may be a beneficiary.

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