By Sabela Ojea


Shares of Silvergate Capital Corp. on Tuesday climbed after BlackRock Inc. disclosed a 7.2% stake in the bank.

At 15:02 E.T., shares were up 6.2% at $13.76.

The stock is down 85% in the past six months. The La Jolla, Calif., bank held about $1 billion of its deposits from the FTX crypto exchange and its affiliates, which collapsed in November.


Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix


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