#11: EMERGENCY POD: SVB, Silvergate, and USDC de-pegs

13/03/2023 42 min Temporada 1 Episodio 11

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Episode Synopsis

This weekend, the unthinkable happened – Chelsea finally won away from home. In smaller news – a major startup bank paused withdrawals causing the second-largest stablecoin to depeg. Told you the Chelsea news was waaayy bigger.

To make sense of wtf happened – our resident BIG BRAIN VC and OG TradFi bro Prashanth breaks down the situation. 

Here’s what you can expect:

- What happened with SVB?
- Why did USDC depeg because of this?
- Does this make USDC stronger or weaker?
- Can Chelsea really keep up the winning run?

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