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Traders Dump USDC After Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate Fail

Whales lost millions worth of dollars following the emergence of several panic sell-offs relating to Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown.

Josh Daniel Zamoras by Josh Daniel Zamoras
March 13, 2023
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Traders Dump USDC

Despite previous bullish movements, market conditions failed to retain them due to a sudden major problem in USDC coin and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

As you’ve observed, all concerned markets are currently on a downtrend because of the recent shocking issue circulating SVB.

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And this didn’t only negatively affect the bank itself, but also other companies that were tied up, notably Circle – The company that controls the shoulders of USDC.

In this article, we will cover everything that’s need to know about the market’s downfall. 

THE ALPHA (TRADERS)

Crypto whales face massive losses in their portfolio after the USDC coin’s price fell to an all-time low of $0.88.

Its continuous price downtrend happened last Saturday and has worried many big-time investors ever since.

USDC massive dump

Because of this issue, USDC holders and traders made a series of swap transactions to protect their assets and regain the value of their investments. 

Unfortunately, most of them were unsuccessful. Du Jun, the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global, stated:

[I] dodged, LUNA, dodged 3AC, even dodged FTX [and their collapse], but I couldn’t avoid Silvergate, nor SVB and USDC. Asked a few crypto veterans; losses amounted to >$1 billion in stock and deposits, myself included. I’m very upset, and it’s time to cut down on my budget.

DETAILS ABOUT THE SILICON VALLEY BANK

Silicon Valley Bank was a prominent bank of choice for most technology and healthcare start-ups because of lending opportunities.

However, the bank discovered a major fraud scheme in their system that involved one of their senior executives as a suspect. 

Silicon Valley Bank

The scheme resulted in over a billion dollar loss, which triggered depositors and creditors to withdraw their money amidst fear of loss. 

SVB tried to raise capital from other shareholders but failed to gain enough to make ends meet.

As a result, regulators closed down the bank and got handled over to the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

#Finance
– $SVB Plot thickens, first FDIC-Insured failure
– Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a US government corporation providing insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks
– FDIC should mean = cannot lose money (bank/ crypto exchange) pic.twitter.com/YdLSicdyEi

— Aditya Wikara (@adwikara) March 10, 2023

A BACKGROUND OF USDC’S COLLAPSE

For context, USDC coin is a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency that’s supposedly meant to maintain an equivalent 1:1 price ratio with the US Dollar. 

But its concept was suddenly falsified after several investors made panic USDC withdrawals mainly due to Silicon Valley Bank’s problem. 

As a result, companies backing USDC, such as Circle and Silvergate, faced significant problems, which caused further panic bank runs. 

The ENS DAO swapped 10k ETH for 16,226,542 USDC on Feb 9th which is worth $15M now because of usdc depeg.

Whether you like it or not you are a speculator in one way or another.

Time to get off your high horse and accept crypto for what it is 🤭 pic.twitter.com/AwOQu6FTqA

— hansen.eth | formerly visit.eth 🦇🔊 (@visitdoteth) March 11, 2023

CIRCLE AND SILVERGATE’S RELEVANCE TO THE PROBLEM

Circle, the company that issues USDC, revealed that many USDC reserves are in Silicon Valley Bank. 

Moreover, Silvergate is also one of the banks backed by Circle to hold another portion of its USDC reserves. 

However, Silvergate announced it was undergoing liquidity problems and had to suspend operations.

This became possible right after SVB’s closure. Therefore, it caused further panic among investors and traders, which made them withdraw their USDC deposits. 

All of these problematic series of withdrawals and events led the stock market to crash, along with cryptocurrency’s USDC.

BREAKING: Circle reports that the cash backing USDC is held at “US Regulated Institutions” including Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank. No one knows the exact distribution, but to be safe Get out of USDC and into HEX now. pic.twitter.com/I0ZW6Da7IH

— Dip Catcher Ⓜ️❇️🟠🎲🍀🛡🅿️ (@TantoNomini) March 10, 2023

WHAT’S NEXT

The future of USDC coin is uncertain as of now, since the issue is still a developing story. 

And aside from its current progress, there are also factors that people need to consider, such as:

  • Transparency of Circle
  • Reoperations of Silvergate
  • And lastly, possible recovery or workarounds around SVB’s issues.

Although it’s still uncertain, Alex Svanevik, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Nansen, assumed that Circle and USDC “can make it.“

However, he also warns that Circle needs “top-class execution over the next few days,” including “flawless redemptions,“ and silence for “bailouts publicity.“

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say:

I think Circle and USDC *can* make it.

Will require top-class execution over the next few days.

— Alex Svanevik 🐧 (@ASvanevik) March 11, 2023

CONCLUSION

Fortunately, the price of USDC is slowly heading back to its original value at the time of writing.

But investors and traders still need to wait for reasonable and fair results regarding their losses.

Given the market’s and investors’ conditions, it might take time, as conclusive statements are yet to arrive.

In the meantime, what do you think about this update?

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