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by fairity 1203 days ago
If I'm not mistaken, SVB has a huge venture debt portfolio that presumably includes warrants for companies whose valuations have plummeted. Does anyone know what portion of SVB's market cap is accounted for by these warrants?

My guess is that many startups are withdrawing their deposits due to this news. I wonder if SVB can cope with a significant bank run.

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> I wonder if SVB can cope with a significant bank run

since there are legions of bureaucrats whose entire professional life revolves around this, and there are legal stress-tests to measure this, and the banking and finance world has a huge whisper network.. maybe one-off speculation is obviously pointless and also maybe manipulative in some way?

Silvergate just failed due to a bank run.