Jim Bianco, president and macro strategist at Bianco Research, explains what’s causing the recent cascade of bank failures. Yield seekers taking their money elsewhere are putting banks under strain, he says. That said, the Signature Bank takeover by New York regulators is “a little fishy,” Bianco says. He adds that DeFi has been holding up strong, providing an “alternative to this unstable system that we have right now.”


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Show highlights:

why Jim thinks this is a liquidity crisis, not a solvency crisis

the role of crypto and tech startups in the recent bank run 

how people have been pulling out of crypto in the past 18 months

why the traditional fractional reserve system for banks is broken

why crypto projects like Aave and Compound are solutions

why Jim says the Fed is a “legal counterfeiter”

why money moving around so fast is a challenge to our antiquated financial system 

whether Signet, Signature Bank’s digital payments platform, is the real reason why regulators shut the bank down

whether the Fed will succeed or fail with FedNow, its instant payment system


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Guest
Jim Bianco, President and founder of Bianco Research

Links

Unchained:

The Fall of SVB: What Happened and How It Affects Crypto

Was Signature Bank Actually Insolvent?

Circle to Bring On New Banking Partner for USDC Minting, Redemption

Regulators Close Signature Bank Following SVB Collapse

Silvergate to Wind Down Operations in ‘Voluntary Liquidation’

CNBC: Long-awaited Fed digital payment system to launch in July


Ram Ahluwalia’s tweet on the Fed


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