Market Maker Giant Citadel Securities Might Be Going to Rescue Silvergate’s Crisis
Key Points:
- Citadel Securities is said to be considering bailing out the troubled bank Silvergate.
- Citadel will likely pour more money into Silvergate to help it out of the liquidity crisis.
- Before that, the world’s largest market maker owned a 5.5% stake in Silvergate Bank ($SI).
- After the collapse of FTX, Silvergate experienced a severe liquidity crisis due to users’ massive withdrawal of funds, and partnerships also withdrew to avoid risks.
Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate is on the brink of bankruptcy following the collapse of its crypto empire market maker giant Citadel Securities may bail out FTX.
Since the crash of FTX caused massive withdrawals of deposits, Silvergate had a steady stream of problems last year. As FTX failed, customers withdrew more than $8 billion in deposits from Silvergate. The withdrawal was a factor that led to Silvergate’s loss of nearly $ 1 billion over the previous three months of 2022. Besides, the bank also had trouble with legal authorities during the investigation because of its relationship close to FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
The release of the publicly traded bank’s 2022 annual report has been postponed. It admitted there was “ongoing concern” about how it would make enough money. To assess “internal control over financial reporting,” Silvergate asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for more time.
Rumor has it that global market maker giant Citadel Securities will step in to salvage the situation in Silvergate and possibly inject more money into cash-strapped Silvergate to help it emerge from a liquidity crunch.
“Internal rumors at Silvergate $SI that Citadel could step up and bail them out; cash infusion where capital shortfalls exist. “
Citadel Securities primarily provides customized liquidity solutions with low market impact and consistent pricing to global clients (including banks, brokers, and system trading firms) and currently holds about 5.5% shares of Silvergate Bank.
When the US stock market closed on Friday, Silvergate Capital Corp’s share price hit $5.77, up 0.87% from the previous day.
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