Arthur Hayes Goes on Buying Spree as Market Turns Greedy

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and CIO at Maelstrom fund, has been accumulating multiple altcoins amid positive market sentiment. 

Hayes, who is known for his strong bullish market predictions, sent out roughly $16.5 million in USDC over the past 24 hours to Binance, Kraken, Wintermute, and an unknown address that seems to be an over-the-counter desk, according to on-chain data from Arkham.

So far, he has purchased 1,750 Ethereum ETH $2 902 24h volatility: 1.4% Market cap: $350.43 B Vol. 24h: $13.43 B for $7.43 million and 184,610 Pendle PENDLE $1.72 24h volatility: 1.5% Market cap: $282.08 M Vol. 24h: $27.18 M for $1.02 million. Hayes also bought $556,570 worth of Lido DAO LDO $0.54 24h volatility: 0.9% Market cap: $458.71 M Vol. 24h: $34.49 M and $526,600 worth of Ether.fi ETHFI $0.66 24h volatility: 5.1% Market cap: $433.33 M Vol. 24h: $27.18 M  tokens. 

The crypto pioneer also received 10 Ethena ENA $0.20 24h volatility: 0.7% Market cap: $1.53 B Vol. 24h: $80.23 M tokens from Wintermute, a leading algorithmic crypto trading firm, according to Arkham data. This raises the expectations of purchasing ENA tokens.

In addition to the altcoins, the BitMEX co-founder also received $3.4 million in USDC USDC $1.00 24h volatility: 0.0% Market cap: $76.48 B Vol. 24h: $6.46 B . 

Last month, Hayes hinted at an “ultra bullish” altseason as Bitcoin BTC $87 061 24h volatility: 0.7% Market cap: $1.74 T Vol. 24h: $23.24 B  broke above $110,000. The leading asset then reached an all-time high of $123,000 on July 14.

The crypto market gained upward momentum on Aug. 10 with the rise of the decentralized finance total value locked to April 2021 highs. The TVL surpassed $150 billion. Moreover, the global crypto market cap reached an ATH of $4.06 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap data.

The market sentiment reached the greed zone again, and with the rising DeFi TVL, altcoins might see higher volatility due to the increased liquidity. 

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