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		Why was there a run on Silicon Valley Bank? (noahpinion.substack.com)
		5 points by superb-owl on March 12, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

BMc2020 on March 12, 2023 [–]

If you’re a startup founder, why would you stash your cash in a small, weird bank like SVB instead of a big safe bank like JP Morgan Chase, or in T-bills? This is actually the biggest mystery of this whole situation.

I bet there's a lot of people right here at ycombinator that could help Noah with this mystery.

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