US Treasury Official Sets Record Straight On Bank Failures And Crypto's Role

Nellie Liang, the U.S. Treasury Department's undersecretary for domestic finance, said that she does not believe the digital assets sector should be blamed for the recent collapses of SVB Financial Group's (NASDAQ: SIVB) Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank (OTC: SBNY).

Long made this statement during a House Financial Services Committee hearing. 

When asked if digital assets were an indirect factor, she noted that Signature Bank was particularly active in the sector.

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Earlier, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg told lawmakers about 20% of Signature's deposit base was tied to crypto customers at the end of 2022.

Despite this, the relationship between the crypto industry and the banks has not been a focus of the ongoing hearings examining their failures.

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