Banks, crypto exchanges, and processors—rise, risk, regulation, and collapse.

• FTX

  Crypto exchange lost $8 billion, founder now convicted

  2019–2022 🏷️ Finance & Payments

• Mt. Gox

  Lost 850,000 bitcoin in 2014 hack, still in bankruptcy

  2010–2014 🏷️ Finance & Payments

• Silicon Valley Bank

  A bank that served tech startups for 40 years until a sudden bank run collapsed it in less than 48 hours in March 2023.

  1983–2023 🏷️ Finance & Payments

• Wirecard

  1.9 billion euros vanished, the CEO went to prison, and the COO turned out to be a Russian spy.

  1999–2020 🏷️ Finance & Payments