Because the fallout from Silicon Valley Financial institution‘s failure continues to unfold, the Federal Reserve must decelerate earlier than “much more stuff” breaks, Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner instructed CNBC’s Halftime Report Monday.

Gerstner mentioned he wasn’t “pointing fingers” at Fed Chair Jerome Powell. However Gerstner mentioned that there could be “loads of questions” concerning the Fed’s response to inflation, given the collapse of SVB and the following regional financial institution selloff.

“Our head regulator [Powell] instructed us on Tuesday that issues had been positive,” Gerstner mentioned. “By Thursday, it was very clear that our complete regional banking system was in hassle.”

That leaves room for “loads of investigation and loads of questions requested for everyone concerned,” he mentioned.

Three vital banks with heavy publicity to startups or crypto collapsed or had been shuttered up to now week.

On Wednesday, crypto-focused Silvergate Financial institution mentioned it could wind down and liquidate. The next day, SVB shares cratered after the financial institution mentioned it was promoting securities at a loss and attempting to lift money, main many venture-backed tech purchasers to drag their funds. By Friday, SVB had been closed by regulators.

Silvergate, SVB, and Signature Financial institution, which was shuttered by regulators on Sunday, had been all medium-sized banks with a deal with speculative tech or crypto investments. Their profile was far totally different from most regional banks, which deal with small companies or particular person customers.

Gerstner mentioned the chance to the regional banking sector went far past simply SVB or “younger start-up founders,” however that it is vital to notice the “prime supply” of funding for that market disappeared “just about in a single day.”

“We’re on the verge of one of the vital fascinating intervals of technological innovation,” Gerstner instructed CNBC’s Scott Wapner, earlier than evaluating the present second to the 2008 monetary disaster. “Right here we’re once more, now we have a serious reset occurring on the earth.”

Gerstner mentioned the Fed’s effort to tamp down inflation by quickly elevating charges threw banks into disarray.

“This wasn’t an issue of the start-up ecosystem,” the investor continued. “This was a nationwide banking drawback.”

Whereas the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell almost 20 foundation factors on Monday to three.50%, it had climbed above 4% earlier this month.

“That is the market telling the Fed that ‘you higher decelerate, in any other case much more stuff goes to interrupt.'” Gerstner mentioned. “We’ll have an enormous recession, and far greater issues.”