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Coinbase, Celsius and Paxos disclose funds in Signature Bank

Coinbase, Celsius and Paxos are among the crypto firms with funds reportedly tied up with the now-shuttered Signature Bank. 

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Coinbase, Celsius and Paxos are among the crypto firms with funds reportedly tied up with the now-shuttered Signature Bank. 

Signature Bank was shut down by New York regulators on March 12 in conjunction with the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect the U.S. economy, as they claimed the bank posed a systemic risk.

Crypto exchange Coinbase tweeted on March 12 that it had around $240 million in corporate funds at Signature that it expected would be fully recovered.

Stablecoin issuer and crypto firm Paxos also came forward, tweeting it had $250 million held at the bank but added it held private insurance that covers the amount not covered by the standard FDIC insurance of $250,000 per depositor.

As Signature Bank serviced so many firms in the crypto industry, those firms with no exposure equally came forward to quell fears about their related exposures.

Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of Web3 game development platform Immutable X, and Mitch Liu, co-founder of the media-focused Theta Network blockchain, separately tweeted that both of their respective companies had no exposure to Signature.

Crypto exchange Crypto.com also reported in a March 12 tweet by CEO Kris Marszalek that it had no funds in the bank

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