press release PRESS RELEASE. Taipei, March 13, 2023 – Bloxmith, the player-first Web3 gaming studio, today announced that the open beta for Raiders Rumble, its unique 1v1 squad battler game for mobile powered by the Flow blockchain, is now available for download on Google Play and Apple App Store. Raiders Rumble challenges players to apply
Xi Jinping has pledged to strengthen China’s security and build the military into a “great wall of steel” to defend the country’s interests as relations with the west reach the lowest point in decades. The Chinese president’s speech on Monday to the nearly 3,000 delegates of the National People’s Congress came at the close of
Good morning. It will be an interesting day in markets today. Did the US authorities do enough to quell worries about bank runs? It looks like it to us, but the situation remains tense. Emotion, not reason, may rule the day. Send us your worries, conspiracy theories and trading strategies: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. Silicon Valley
The writer is vice-chair at Oliver Wyman and former global head of banks research at Morgan Stanley What are the implications of the rapid demise of Silicon Valley Bank? That is arguably now the most important question in global finance. What can financial history tell us about what may happen next? First, Silicon Valley Bank
US regulators are facing questions over whether they missed signs of mounting problems at Silicon Valley Bank, the tech lender whose implosion last week fomented fears of contagion across the banking sector. As the government fought to contain the fallout from the failure of SVB — which on Friday was taken over by the Federal
The Central Bank of Russia has added another entity to its register of authorized issuers of digital financial assets. The platform, called ‘Masterchain,’ becomes the fifth ‘information system operator’ in the country that can legally tokenize traditional assets and organize their trade. Number of Licensed Digital Asset Issuers in Russia Grows to Five The Central
Crypto companies could find it harder to access traditional banking partners with the loss of two major crypto-friendly banks in less than a week, according to some in the crypto community. On Mar. 12, the Federal Reserve announced the closure of Signature Bank as part of “decisive actions” to protect the U.S. economy, citing “systemic
The stablecoin USDC has nearly regained parity with the U.S. dollar after rising just above $0.99 on March 12, 2023, at 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time. The stablecoin jumped back to the $0.99 range after the U.S. Federal Reserve revealed it would bail out depositors of California’s Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and New York’s Signature Bank.
WASHINGTON — In a stunning decision, federal regulators issued a systemic risk exception to protect uninsured customer deposits at Silicon Valley Bank of Santa Clara, California, in the wake of the bank’s sudden failure on Friday, and the Federal Reserve announced the creation of a lending facility large enough to cover all the insured deposits
On Sunday, the New York Department of Financial Services, or DFS, announced that it had taken possession of Signature Bank. The DFS appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, as the receiver of the bank. In a joint statement, the U.S. Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, and FDIC explained that all Signature depositors would be
US regulators unveiled emergency measures on Sunday to shore up the banking system and took control of another bank, as they moved to stem contagion from the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank. The Federal Reserve announced a new lending facility aimed at providing additional funding to eligible depository institutions to ensure that “banks have the
Business confidence in the UK rose to its highest level in 12 months, according to a quarterly index monitored by Accenture and S&P Global. A reading of plus 43 per cent, the net balance of manufacturing and service sector companies expecting activity, marked a boost in sentiment from the plus 18 per cent registered in
There’s no word yet on bidders for Silicon Valley Bank (or other parts of SVB Financial), but regulators have decided that depositors will be fine. From the Federal Reserve, FDIC and Treasury on Sunday: Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy by strengthening public confidence in our banking system. This step
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has vowed to use his Budget on Wednesday to set Britain on the “hard road” to becoming one of Europe’s richest countries but warned that big tax cuts will have to wait. Hunt is expected to use his limited room for fiscal manoeuvre to offer tax breaks to encourage companies to invest,
Crypto exchange Binance has organized training courses for representatives of law enforcement authorities in Ukraine. The leading coin trading platform has been involved in dozens of similar initiatives over the past year, in a number of countries. Binance Provides Crypto Training to Security Officials in Ukraine The world’s largest digital asset exchange, Binance, has provided
After the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a great deal of Americans are starting to realize the dangers of fractional-reserve banking. Reports show that SVB suffered a significant bank run after customers attempted to withdraw $42 billion from the bank on Thursday. The following is a look at what fractional-reserve banking is and why
BBC executives are increasingly confident they will find a way to hold on to Gary Lineker, the corporation’s star sports presenter who was taken off air after breaching impartiality rules, as pressure grew on chair Richard Sharp to resign. Lineker, a former striker in the England men’s team and presenter of Match of the Day,
The pursuit of impartiality can make people do mad things. A number of journalists I know abstain from voting in order to maintain it. This has always struck me as a revealingly tribal way of viewing the world: is the only critical judgment they make about politics whether to tick a red or blue box
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) began an auction process for Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) late Saturday night, according to reports. Final bids are due by Sunday afternoon. Unnamed sources indicate that the FDIC is seeking to close the deal promptly after California regulators closed the bank and placed it into FDIC receivership on
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has left start-ups scrambling to find emergency loans and pay staff as founders fear being held personally liable for unpaid wages. The bank’s closure on Friday has locked in client deposits, the vast majority of which are uninsured, and starved start-ups of funds to cover basic operations. “We’ve had
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has ruled out a government bailout of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which was shut down by regulators on Friday. Yellen explained that the reforms put in place after the 2008 financial crisis were aimed at preventing the need for government bailouts. Government Not Considering a Bailout for SVB,