Cameron Winklevoss claims regulatory double standards over banking crisis

cointelegraph.com:

Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founder, and CEO of New York-headquartered crypto exchange Gemini, has accused U.S. regulators of perpetrating double standards in handling the First Republic Bank crisis. 

According to Winkelvoss, if First Republic had been a “crypto bank” it would have been “assassinated weeks ago.”

It is important to note that First Republic initially began experiencing “structural challenges” with its balance sheet at the time that Silicon Valley Investment Bank and Silvergate Bank were being closed down by federal regulators or winding down operations. 

First Republic Bank is down another 35% and falling fast. If this was a "crypto" bank it would have been assassinated weeks ago. The fact that is hasn't been taken into receivership shows just how blatant the double standard is.

Winklevoss’s claims align with a series of recent letters penned by three Republican members of the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee in an attempt to seek further information on possible coordinated efforts taken against crypto companies operating on U.S. soil.

According to a report from CNBC on April 26, the advisors to First Republic will now seek to coax larger U.S. banking institutions — which have already sent the embattled firm more than $30 billion — into providing more financial aid due to the government refusing to take the bank into receivership. 

Both Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank were taken into government receivership on March 8 and March 10 respectively.

Advisors at First Republic reportedly said that the current private market solution to the firm’s liquidity problems would see the bank remain in operation. However, government receivership is being referred to as the “closed-bank”