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"BlockFi has $227 million in uninsured funds in Silicon Valley Bank"

2023-03-10 [vendor] Bankrupt BlockFi has $227 million at
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Incident Details

BlockFi, which has been in bankruptcy since shortly after the November FTX collapse, appears to have exposure to the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. According to a court filing, approximately $227 million in BlockFi funds has been kept in one of several accounts the company maintained at Silicon Valley Bank. The account is a money market mutual fund, meaning it is not FDIC insured.The US Trustee reportedly warned BlockFi counsel on March 6 that the company needed to “immediately take steps to safeguard these funds in compliance with” the depository agreement, because a MMMF was not in compliance. BlockFi responded that the account was FDIC insured (up to the FDIC’s $250,000 limit), but the Trustee maintains that that is not accurate.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Protocol collapse / insolvency
Vendor / Product
Bankrupt BlockFi has $227 million at

Timeline

  1. 2023-03-10 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-03-10 Publicly disclosed