Bitcoin’s weekly surge beyond $20,000 doesn’t necessarily mean the bull market is back, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes’ latest analysis. The former CEO recently detailed some possible scenarios that will trigger Bitcoin’s next big move – which mostly boils down to how the Federal Reserve behaves in the near term. Analyzing the Bitcoin Bounce...Read More
The court filing argued that Höptner’s termination was “wholly wrongful and without basis.” Former BitMEX Chief Alexander Höptner has sued his former employer for $3.4 million for breach of agreement and wrongful termination. This includes $2.4 million for his second-year bonus and smaller amounts for remaining wages, relocation expenses, and housing. The claim, filed by...Read More
BitMEX co-founder and renowned crypto essayist, Arthur Hayes, thinks the worst of this year’s Bitcoin bear market has come to pass. The former CEO believes the three major cohorts of forced Bitcoin sellers – trading firms, miners, and speculators – have already capitulated, marking the bottom of Bitcoin’s market cycle. How Bitcoin Gets Dumped As...Read More
China was emerging as the epicenter of the crypto industry. Within a decade, the country witnessed the spawning of giant exchanges like Binance Holdings Ltd. as well as the biggest Bitcoin mining firms. However, Beijing’s move to ban crypto trading and mining last year seemed poised to douse the entire domestic industry. Hong Kong, on...Read More
Arthur Hayes – co-founder of the crypto trading platform BitMex – published a lengthy blog post on Thursday arguing that central banks will be forced back into “money printing” due to various economic pressures. That money printing, he argued, will create inflation that drives up the price of alternative forms of money, like crypto and...Read More
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes recently called Bitcoin the “cure” to yield curve control (YCC) – the process by which governments use quantitative easing to suppress rising bond yields. The former CEO predicted that YCC will soon spread to central banks across the globe, implying the leading cryptocurrency will grow attractive in the process. Bitcoin and...Read More
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes recently explained why he believes Ethereum does not qualify as money – whereas Bitcoin does. He touched on the deflationary economics surrounding the upcoming Ethereum Merge, and why there’s more to the story when designing an effective monetary instrument. Gas, or Money? In an interview with the Unchained podcast on...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum slumped by double-digit percentages weekly after tapping multi-month highs last weekend. This resulted in over $150 billion gone from the entire market cap. Somewhat expectedly, the Fear and Greed Index has returned to a state of fear, but BitMEX’s co-founder – Arthur Hayes – believes this retracement could be an opportunity to...Read More
In his latest blog post, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes broke down how he expects Ethereum traders to react before and after the merge. Based on the technicals of the upgrade, he suspects that Ethereum will rally after a successful transition in September, similarly to how Bitcoin rallies during its periodic halving cycles. The Theory...Read More
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes says he expects Ethereum to reach $5,000 by the end of Q1 2023. His estimate is based on a dual expectation that the Federal Reserve will ‘pivot,’ and that the Merge upgrade will be successful – both of which will bolster the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency. Inflationary Dollar, Deflationary...Read More
After a record-breaking string of declines, the former BitMEX CEO – Arthur Hayes – has given yet another dire outlook on where crypto is headed. In the latest Twitter thread, Hayes said that the respite might be brief, and forced selling in the short-term may drag the entire market down. The former exec predicted the...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of leading crypto derivatives platform BitMEX, said Terra’s failure was a byproduct of the macroeconomic environment as the Feds raised rates and tightened up its balance sheet. He also expressed conviction on the broader market in the medium and long term, reiterating that Ethereum could still reach $10,000...Read More
The co-founder and former CEO of the crypto derivatives platform BitMEX was sentenced to two years of probation, with the first six months to be spent in home confinement. In late 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accused the company’s co-founders – Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed – of operating a digital...Read More
Quick take: Bitmex’s founder and former CEO, Arthur Hayes, has requested leniency from the judge handling his court case Mr. Hayes is requesting no jail time and permission to live abroad and travel freely His lawyers have also asked for probation with no home detention or community confinement Arthur Hayes had struck a plea deal...Read More
Arthur Hayes also believes that Ethereum’s price could fall to $2,500. The gradual uptick in the price of prominent cryptocurrencies from last month appears to have cooled amid the development of new regulations in both the UK and the US. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes believes that another crypto carnage may just be around the corner....Read More
The former BitMEX CEO explained to his readers why 2022 will be a big year for Ethereum. He considers that the network – after the transition to proof-of-stake consensus – will function as a commodity-linked bond. In contrast, the former CEO called BTC “pure money” that intrinsically “yields nothing.” Hayes sees Ethereum as an investment...Read More
Arthur Hayes has predicted that Ethereum could go to $10,000 and Solana to $200 According to Hayes, Ethereum’s rewards in a PoS network makes ETH a bond Stakers on ETH2.0 could see 8 – 11.5% APR Solana has the 2nd highest addresses after Ethereum and the price of SOL will benefit from this Arthur Hayes...Read More
Last week, global investment bank Credit Suisse made a radical prediction: that the dollar’s era as the world reserve currency is coming to an end and that commodity money – such as gold – will rise to replace it. This week, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes builds on those predictions. He, too, believes that hundreds of...Read More
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed that the founders of the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX – Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo – had pled guilty of violating the Bank Secrecy Act (the BSA). The authorities said the derivatives trading venue was “in effect a money-laundering platform” due to its willful failure to implement...Read More
Arthur Hayes – co-founder of BitMEX – just gave an interesting Bitcoin price forecast in his bi-weekly analysis. Despite his expectations that the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates, he still doubts Bitcoin’s bottom will arrive until a $28,500 retest. Calling the Fed’s Bluff In BitMEX’s latest post from Crypto Trader Digest titled “Bottomless,” the...Read More
After months of complete silence from one of the biggest proponents of cryptocurrencies and arguably one of the most influential people in the industry, Arthur Hayes is back. The former CEO of BitMEX shared his thoughts on some pressing and trending matters – the state of the “crypto capital markets” following the fiasco with GameStop...Read More
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is in the news again after American economist and popular crypto-critic Nouriel Roubini claimed that it had no intrinsic value, adding that BTC is heavily manipulated. Taking to Twitter on Thanksgiving Day, the crypto-skeptic, in fact, also went on to blame retail investor FOMO for the latest Bitcoin price drop....Read More
100x Group, the organization that owns and operates the popular Bitcoin derivatives platform BitMEX, has appointed a new Chief Compliance Officer – Malcolm Wright. According to the official announcement, Wright will lead the company’s compliance efforts globally. He will assist with BitMEX’s goal to complete its User Verification Programme and to “further enhance our compliance...Read More
A few days after being charged and arrested by the US Department of Justice, BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed has been released on a $5 million appearance bond. His release came with two conditions. Those are: Reed has to appear for court proceedings, and if convicted, to “surrender to serve a sentence that the court may...Read More
Following the fiasco between the United States Commodity and Futures Trading Commission and BitMEX – one of the world’s largest crypto derivatives platform, there will be major shifts in the executive management of the latter. As per an official announcement published today, October 8th, Arthur Hayes, the well-known CEO of the company operating BitMEX, will...Read More
Yesterday, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) filed charges against BitMEX and its executive team, pressing both criminal and civil allegations. Its CTO, Samuel Reed, was arrested. The platform’s CEO, Arthur Hayes, and its cofounder Ben Melo are still under the radar. The news spread quickly throughout Crypto Twitter, and of course, the...Read More
Ethereum’s next target is $500, according to BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes. He expressed his amazement about ETH’s surge to $400, calling for the continuation of the rally. Ethereum Breaks Above $400 For First Time Since August 2018 On Sunday, Ether hit the highest level in two years, breaking above $400 for the first...Read More
Bitcoin’s price took a turn for the best over the past couple of days as it breached the coveted $10,000 mark in today’s early hours. Naturally, this brought a lot of excitement in the cryptocurrency community, and a definitive testament of this is the reaction of Arthur Hayes – the CEO of one of the...Read More
The popular Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX is launching a new program tailored towards its corporate customers. Called BitMEX Corporate, it will provide them with enhanced legal, auditory, and client relationship benefits. BitMEX Flatters Its Corporate Customers In the announcement from earlier today, BitMEX describes the corporate accounts on its platform as “the part of...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin derivative exchanges, BitMEX, has once again slammed a cryptocurrency for being a “shitcoin.” This time it was Bitcoin Cash (BCH) that’s under his radar. BitMEX Listing BCH/USD Perpetual Contract In an announcement from June 01st, 2020, BitMEX revealed that it’s going to launch a BCH/USD...Read More
