On Thursday (19 January 2023), Arthur Hayes, Co-Founder and former CEO of BitMEX, shared his thoughts on the crypto market.
According to data from TradingView, in the past 10 days, the Bitcoin price has gone from around $17,115 to $21,077, which is a gain of 23.15% vs USD.
In a blog post published earlier today, the former BitMEX CEO said that it is evident that Bitcoin is experiencing an upward surge from a relatively low point and that this prompts the consideration of various possible explanations for this rally.
Scenario 1: This rally is simply a natural rebound from the recent local lows of sub $16K, and Bitcoin will subsequently stabilize at a new plateau until the conditions for USD liquidity improve.
Scenario 2: The market is anticipating a resurgence in Fed-induced money printing, which could manifest in two distinct scenarios:
- Scenario 2A: If the Fed does not proceed with this course of action, or if multiple Fed governors negate any expectations of such a pivot, it is likely that Bitcoin will experience a significant decline toward previous lows.
- Scenario 2B: If the Fed does follow through with this pivot, it is probable that Bitcoin will continue to perform strongly and that this rally will signify the onset of a prolonged period of bullish market conditions.
Hayes believes that “we are actually going to be facing some combination of Scenarios 1 and 2A ,” which is causing him to be uncertain about buying more Bitcoin.
On 9 December 2022, Hayes explained how he is “earning a yield” while waiting for “the crypto bull market to return.”
In his blog post, Hayes shared his medium-term outlook for crypto prices:
“I don’t know if $15,900 was this cycle’s bottom. But, I do have confidence that it was due to the cessation of forced selling brought on by a credit contraction. I don’t know when or if the US Federal Reserve will start printing money again. However, I believe the US Treasury market will become dysfunctional at some point in 2023 due to the Fed’s tightening monetary policies. At that point, I expect the Fed will turn the printer bank on, and then boom shaka-laka — Bitcoin and all other risk assets will spike higher.“
Although Hayes could get nearly 5% by investing in “US Treasury bills with durations shorter than 12 months”, he wants to earn a much higher yield than that while he waits for “the crypto bull market to return” (which he is sure will happen since “everything is cyclical”).
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