Update: Bitcoin dig on Operation Chokepoint 2.0: https://nitter.poast.org/nic__carter/status/1836858969241100776
Silvergate liquidated, Barney Frank comms, & Signature put into receivership
Flagstar bought Silvergate, NY Community Bank is parent company of Flagstar
NYCB. In March 2024 Joseph Otting was appointed a new CEO after NYCB secured $1 billion equity injection from the investment firm run by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other funds, at 2$ a share. Flagstar is one of the largest residential mortgage servicers in the United States. All NYCB branches rebranded to Flagstar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Otting
Trump's longest-serving Comp(troller) of the currency before outspoken pro-Bitcoin "acting" Brian Brooks ("We do a little trolling—It’s called we do a little trolling.")
Bottom line: Important Trump admin comptroller sitting on reincarnated remains of regime's attempted takedown of Bitcoin and now intimately tied to massive mortgage bank.