Re:I just lost 1,400 BTC
by google234123 on Monday August 31, 2020 @02:30PM
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Isn't it 250k per account?
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Re:I just lost 1,400 BTC
by tialaramex on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:14PM
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No. FDIC is per depositor, per bank, per ownership category.
So if you have $300k in Bank A, and $180k in Bank B, and then suddenly both Bank A and Bank B fail, the US Federal Government promises you'll get $250k from Bank A and $180k from Bank B, and pretty quickly - but the remaining $50k from Bank A depends on what happens when they try to wind up Bank A, if it's a complete wreck you may see nothing or almost nothing back or it may take years to get 10ยข on the dollar for the remaining amount.
In some cases you may be able to create multiple ownership categories that help you, and I guess if you really had $16M you might do stuff like set up a multi-beneficiary trust fund that can have $1M in it with four beneficiaries for an additional $250k per person FDIC insured.
Re:I just lost 1,400 BTC
by sidewndr46 on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:17PM
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FDIC is presently $250,000 lifetime limit.