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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Where bitcoin is headed and other predictions for the New Year with BitMEX Co-Founder and Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes. BitMEX Co-founder and Maelstrom CIO, Arthur Hayes has been named one of CoinDesk’s 50 Most Influential People. He joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie, to discuss his famous and persistent $250,000 bitcoin forecast and the macro forces driving it. Plus, he explains why Zcash is his best investment and reveals his top three assets for 2026. To hear more from Arthur Hayes, visit: X - https://x.com/cryptohayes IG - https://www.instagram.com/cryptohayes/ Web - https://www.cryptohayes.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-hayes-b493b42/ Substack - https://cryptohayes.substack.com/ – For more, check out CoinDesk’s 50 Most Influential article on Arthur Hayes: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/11/most-influential-arthur-hayes. To see the full list, visit: https://www.coindesk.com/most-influential-2025. – Timecodes: 00:52 - Why What Arthur Says Resonates 01:32 - His Best Spat of 2025 02:25 - Why Zcash Finally Popped Off 04:49 - Arthur’s Zcash Prediction 07:03 - His Top Three Investments of 2025 08:07 - “It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins” - The Election Cycle and Massive Money Printing 12:02 - Is Bitcoin’s Rise Worrisome for the U.S. Economy? 12:55 - Arthur’s BTC Price Predictions 13:45 - The Biggest Crypto Trend of 2026 15:18 - The Biggest Challenge & Biggest Win for the Crypto Industry - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠midnight.network/break-free⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:00.0	I'm sticking with it.
0:01.1	I think I said $250,000 Bitcoin, and I am going to stick with that until December 31st, 1159.
0:11.7	Break the cycle of exploitation, break down the barriers to truth.
0:18.9	Break into the next generation of privacy, break free.
0:21.6	Free to scroll without being monetized, free from censorship, freedom without fear, we deserve
0:26.6	more when it comes to privacy, experience the next generation of blockchain that is private
0:31.2	and inclusive by design. Break free with midnight, visit midnight.net.net.net. Network
0:35.2	forward slash break dash free. Bitmex co-founder
0:38.0	and Malstrom, CIO and co-founder Arthur Hayes has been named one of CoinDesks 50 most
0:42.9	influential people this year, because simply put, when he talks, people listen. He joins me now.
0:49.4	Arthur, congratulations. Yay, thank you. Woo. All right.
0:54.8	Well, you know, when you talk, the whole crypto industry listens, what does it feel like for
1:00.7	you to have so much power?
1:03.0	I don't know how much power I have.
1:04.6	It's great to, you know, people listen to what I say.
1:07.1	I think I like that people disagree with me.
1:09.2	So I always have a good time scrolling through my X feed and like, you know, the people who say. I like that people disagree with me. So I always have a good time scrolling through my X feed and like, you know, the people who say it's great or people say that's complete bullshit. It's, you know, it's great. So I like the feedback. And it makes it a lot of fun to be in these crypto markets because it's this game that we're all playing together. And, you know, some people like me. Some people don't.
1:28.1	I have a good time.
1:29.4	That's how you know you're doing something right, Arthur.
1:32.1	If you reflect on 2025 and you think about the back and forth, maybe the spats you've gotten into on X.
1:39.9	Is there one that stands out?
1:41.9	I think, obviously, everything currently is more top of mind.
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