This orchestration idea has been on my mind...on two levels.
First, it would require someone in a position of authority to massively buy into the fed bond situation, having some insider fed knowledge that better paying bonds would arrive on the doorstep in the near future. You would think that the mega-banks would have insider knowledge to avoid screwing up.
Second, via HSBC buying SVB...I would suspect for the past six to twelve months, they saw the trend and knew that the bank would reach failure status. Maybe they had all the reports, knew the value, and how to purchase the bank for literally nothing.
Oddly, the key folks with zero knowledge or hints of trouble? Treasury Department.
It looks like the federal government, and just about every department in it is focused on climate change and LGBTQ issues. The actual performance of the department is secondary.