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Silvergate Capital Lays Off 40% Of Staff As FTX-Induced Contagion Strikes Again

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reported investors pulled out more than $8 billion in deposits from the crypto-focused bank as ’s sudden and spectacular collapse left investors reeling.

The bank also announced it will cut 40% of its workforce — about 200 employees — “in order to account for the economic realities facing the business and industry today,” the company said in a .

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Total deposits from digital asset customers at the bank declined to $3.8 billion at the end of December — from $11.9 billion at the end of September.

The bank sold debt securities to keep up with withdrawals at a significant loss. The bank sold $5.2 billion of such securities at a loss of $718 million for its fourth quarter ending in December.

The news sent the bank’s stock into a spiral down, nearly 50% at one point Thursday.

FTX’s influence

Silvergate is just the latest to be affected by FTX’s implosion. Others such as crypto lenders , Ի all have been affected in one way or another.

FTX, the fourth-largest exchange by volume at one point, touched nearly everything in the crypto industry. Its implosion darkened what was already a crypto winter and has shook people’s confidence in digital assets.

Just two days ago, disgraced FTX founder pled not guilty in a New York federal court to eight criminal counts involving FTX’s and ’s collapse.

Bankman-Fried also faces lawsuits from the and the .

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