Looking at Some Unanswered Signature and Silvergate Bank Questions
I think it’s safe to assume people want certainty. Companies want to know they’ll be able to tap banking services. For that to happen, banks need to be comfortable serving crypto companies. And for that to happen, they probably need to know what factors led to Signature becoming a failed bank – was it, as so much of the industry keeps saying, the mere fact it served crypto clients? Or was it because the bank itself had some deeper issues?
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