Monday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Pare Gains on Tech Weakness; Bonds Retreat: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao violated compliance rules to attract U.S. users, CFTC alleges

[Reuters] U.S. backstops Silicon Valley Bank sale to First Citizens

[Yahoo/Finance] Why First Citizens got a $16.5 billion discount for taking over Silicon Valley Bank

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Banks are leaking money

[Reuters] Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains

[Reuters] Israel government to delay disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB’s Centeno Says Bank Woes Must Be Weighed in Policy Decisions

[WSJ] Fed Official Calls Silicon Valley Bank Failure a ‘Textbook Case of Mismanagement’

[WSJ] A Tale of Two Housing Markets: Prices Fall in the West While the East Booms

[FT] World Bank warns global economy at risk of lost decade of growth

[FT] China, Japan and the Ukraine war