SVB Financial Group Places Cryptic Bitcoin Message in Annual Report

SVB Financial Group Places Cryptic Bitcoin Message in Annual Report

Late Thursday evening when Gil Luria of Wedbush Securities and Iannounced on Twitterthat Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG) is probably the first public company to purchase and hold Bitcoin, there was an additional filing that same evening I made note to review. This filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission was theannual report (10K) for SVB....


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