This is why I wrote "likely", but as for facts, I know that SVB's CEO has sold his stocks on March 1 for $3M (in addition to a number of earlier sells). And acc

This is why I wrote "likely", but as for facts, I know that SVB's CEO has sold his stocks on March 1 for $3M (in addition to a number of earlier sells). And according to Bloomberg short sellers made at least $500M in profits: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/shorts-make-500-million-on-svb-demise-collecting-won-t-be-easy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/shorts-ma... I absolutely will not be surprised if in the future we will learn that some enterprising individuals connected to the VC crowd have helped to trigger the run in the right time for them.