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I think SVB case was atypical in the sense that while being the 16th biggest bank in the country their largest accounts were owned by a few VCs that (figuratively) grew up on the same street. So it took just one guy to make a call for the panic to spread in town like a wildfire. It was only 36 hours from that first call to when SVB was gone.


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