In response to the extraordinary depegging event of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin caused by the collapse of its counterparty Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), crypto whales have reported severe losses and appear to have embarked on a series of capital flights to protect assets.

I dodged, LUNA, dodged 3AC, even dodged FTX [and their collapse], but I couldn’t avoid Silvergate, nor SVB and USDC. Asked a few crypto veterans; losses amounted to >$1 billion in stock and deposits, myself included. I’m very upset, and it’s time to cut down on my budget.“

Speaking of DAI, MakerDAO, the stablecoin’s issuer, filed an emergency protocol on March 11 that, among many items, called for restrictions on minting DAI using USDC to prevent panic selling. MakerDAO is one of the largest holders of the stablecoin, with over 3.1 billion USDC ($2.85 billion) in reserves collateralizing DAI, which also depegged as a result. Subsequently, crypto projects incorporating DAI in their tokenomics also suffered losses due to a chain reaction. 

cointelegraph Crypto whales suffer huge losses due to USDC depeg, SVB collapse