On April 20, the most powerful rocket ever built experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" four minutes after lift-off. That’s the euphemism preferred by Elon Musk’s Space X to describe their Starship being consumed by an orange and white fireball.
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Rockets weren’t the only thing barreling toward a blowup in April. On the 11th, Bloomberg said this about the market: “Cracks in 2023’s equity advance are appearing, as hedge funds and other speculators amass the deepest short position since November 2011 when the US sovereign credit rating was cut.” 

It started with an arguably dumb decision at Silicon Valley Bank. Put an unholy amount of long-duration bonds into the portfolio at the most inopportune time – just prior to the Fed’s interest rate thrill ride. Rates go up, value of bonds plummet. To meet the demands for routine withdrawals, sell bonds at a big loss.

No problem. Announce the raising of $2.25 billion in public and private offerings to shore up balance sheet. But that idea didn’t sit well with a few depositors, and they withdrew their money and then, of course, tweeted about it.
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Big problem. The ensuing run on the bank brought it to its knees overnight.