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Four failed in 2020. Four failed in 2019. None failed in 2022 or 2018. Banks fail fairly regularly, but it's the size of the bank and the types of deposits that are concerning in this case.

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SVB was the biggest bank in Silicon Valley (2nd in California), and the 18th largest bank in the entire US.

I knew this whole thing was big as I personally know a lot of friends use SVB for their startups, but I failed to realize how big deal this is. How can the 16th biggest bank in the country fail so rapidly?

> so rapidly?

Bank runs are rapid.

They wouldn't be runs if they weren't.

Interest rates.

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