First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms

Late on Friday, Illinois regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust, a little-known institution with just $261 million in assets, handing control to the FDIC in what was officially a routine resolution. But it landed in the middle of a much louder market shock. source: https://cryptoslate.com/first-us-bank-collapse-of-2026-adds-to-gold-silver-and-bitcoin-chaos-while-337b-in-unrealized-losses-loom/