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Silvergate, a banking partner of the bankrupt entities FTX and Alameda, will pay fines totaling $63 million to the Federal Reserve and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Of this sum, $43 million will be paid to the Fed and $20 million to the DFPI. Additionally, the SEC seeks to impose another $50 million in penalties on the company. 
The hacker group LockBit, which recently claimed to have breached the U.S. Federal Reserve and stolen over 30 TB of secret documents, only managed to release confidential data from Evolve Bank & Trust. This included information about file domains, virtual machines, and more. 
Senator Mike Lee has proposed a bill called the "Abolish Act," which seeks to dismantle the Federal Reserve System as a government entity. This legislation also aims to repeal the foundational Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which established the Fed. 
• Growth in economic activity has slowed down.
• Job gains have decelerated, yet unemployment rates remain low.
• The U.S. banking system is sound and resilient.
• Stricter financial and credit conditions for households and businesses may influence economic activity, hiring, and inflation.
• The target inflation rate of 2% remains a constant goal. 
According to the Federal Reserve's investigation, Silvergate Bank faced significant challenges due to its exposure to high-risk cryptocurrency deposits and ineffective upper-level management. A significant portion of the bank's deposits were sourced from crypto companies, which lacked traditional insurance and failed to generate substantial interest income.