On March 10, 2023 the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ("CDFPI") closed Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"), a California chartered, non-member bank. The CDFPI placed SVB into receivership and appointed...more
10/5/2023
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On Friday, March 10, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") was appointed SVB's receiver....more
3/15/2023
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In an effort to align the permissibility of crypto activities for all member banks of the Federal Reserve System (the "FRS", which includes all national banks and state member banks), the Board of Governors of the Federal...more
2/15/2023
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Anatoly Legkodymov, Russian founder of Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato Limited ("Bitzlato"), was arrested on January 17 based on an Amended Complaint filed by the Department of Justice ("DOJ") charging...more
2/7/2023
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