Coinbase cutting ties with Silvergate forces crypto hedge fund to find a new bank
A total of five crypto companies end their partnership with Silvergate bank on March 2 after a series of lawsuits and investigations against the fintech bank. The popular fintech bank Silvergate Bank lost five crypto partners on March 2, owing to a slew of investigations and lawsuits against it. Coinbase, Paxos, Gemini, BitStamp and Galaxy Digital were some of the most notable crypto firms that were using Silvergate as their banking partner. However, the termination of service by Coinbase has also forced a crypto hedge fund to look for an alternate banking partner. Today Silvergate has lost Coinbase Circle Paxos Galaxy CBOE RIP https://t.co/XlexB5u2wD — db (@tier10k) March 2, 2023 On March 3, a crypto hedge fund called Digital Asset Capital Management (DACM) with assets worth over $400 million announced they are looking for a new banking partner in Switzerland post Silvergate chaos. DACM used Silvergate’s real-time network to move funds to and from Coinbase Global Inc.’s pl...