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Re:U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether by JetSpiegel on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:49AM (#16272466)
And yet, Lehmann Brothers went tits up.
Re:U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether by stephen_g on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:05AM (#16273214)
Well, of course banks can become insolvent (i.e if enough people default on their loans), which is why many governments now insure people’s deposits (up to a certain limit).

But Lehman Brothers wasn’t a commercial (retail) bank, which is what I was describing. They were an investment bank, which generally don’t take deposits or directly offer loans.