The Real Reasons Silvergate Collapsed

<p dir="ltr">Beleaguered Silvergate Bank has announced that it will be winding down. NLW examines whether the turn of events is due to banking crypto companies, specific business decisions made by Silvergate or a coordinated political campaign against the company. </p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Join the discussion: <a href="https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8" rev="en_rl_none">https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: <a href="https://twitter.com/nlw" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/nlw</a></div> <div>Breakdown: <a href="https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW" rev="en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW</a></div> <div> </div> <p dir="ltr">-</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>“The Breakdown” is written, produced and narrated by Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by <a href= "mailto:michele@coindesk.com">Michele Musso</a> and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsor today is “Foothill Blvd” by Sam Barsh. Image credit: Lerbank/ Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. </em></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Join the discussion at <a href= "http://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8">discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8</a>.</em></p> <p><em><strong> </strong></em></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Join the most important conversation