Crypto-Friendly Silvergate Bank Has Fully Repaid All Deposit Liabilities, Now Holds Less Than $10,000

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Crypto-friendly Silvergate Capital has announced that it has fully repaid all remaining deposit liabilities. 

On Wednesday, the lender said it has fully repaid all remaining deposit liabilities as part of a plan to wind down operations.

“Silvergate continues to focus on implementing the Bank Liquidation,” Silvergate said in a statement, adding that it now holds less than $10,000.

While the La Jolla, California-based bank said it has positive cash and equivalent balances after repaying deposits, it also has potential liabilities resulting from litigation, regulatory matters, and investigations.

The repayment of all deposit liabilities comes after Silvergate’s decision earlier this year to wind down operations. 

In March, the bank revealed its intention to  voluntarily liquidate  after suffering losses stemming from the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. 

Silvergate was among the lenders hit hardest by the fall of FTX in November last year. 

As reported, Silvergate  suffered a bank run  following the collapse of FTX and had to sell $5.2 billion of debt securities it was holding on its balance sheet at a significant loss to cover around $8.1 billion in user withdrawals.

Consequently, it incurred a $718 million loss, which reportedly exceeded the bank’s total profits since 2013. 

The bank had only $3.8 billion of deposits at the end of 2022, compared to $11.9 billion in 2021.

Some major crypto-friendly banks collapsed earlier this year amid a banking crisis partly attributed to the 2022 crypto meltdown and its ripple effects on traditional finance firms.

In early March, Silvergate Bank’s parent company, Silvergate Capital Corporation,  announced  that it had decided to wind down the bank’s operations and