Amid several widely publicized closures of banks and even more businesses at risk, a truck displaying an advertisement for Bitcoin (BTC) was seen outside the headquarters of the now-collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in California, attracting the attention of the cryptocurrency community and media around the world.
With the help of several friends, a Bitcoin enthusiast and street artist known as Cryptograffiti has placed an ad for the flagship decentralized finance (DeFi) asset on a truck and parked it outside the entrance to the HQ of the now-collapsed banking giant, posting the video of the process on Twitter on March 15.
The artist’s move, which seems to depict the perceived strength of cryptocurrencies over traditional finance, with the message to “Be Your Own Bank,” has grabbed the attention of media in other countries, including a local television station in Barcelona,…
