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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Silvergate forced to cover $8bn worth of crypto-related withdrawals

Over two-thirds of customers’ deposits were withdrawn in the final three months of 2022.
More than two-thirds of customers’ deposits were withdrawn in the final three months of 2022. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Customers of the US bank Silvergate, one of the few mainstream financial organisations that focuses on providing services to the cryptocurrency sector, have pulled more than $8bn (£6.7bn) of their crypto-related deposits from the lender.

More than two-thirds of customers’ deposits were withdrawn in the final three months of 2022, as the collapse of the FTX exchange reverberated around the cryptocurrency world.

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