Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Kicked Off a Chaotic 67 Hours

There was a lot of panicked startups over the weekend. But first...

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The last 67 hours

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank set off a mushroom cloud of panic, blame, good intentions and greed, followed, finally, by salvation.

The final hours before the fall were full of desperation. Customers had tried to pull a total of $42 billion from the bank the day before. SVB’s owner went searching for a buyer. Its executives, who had made bad bets ...