Arthur Hayes Shares Surprising Tip on Stocks, Gold, and Bitcoin

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes delivered a blunt message to investors following a sudden market surge, telling Crypto Banter host Ran Neuner that avoiding risk assets right now would be foolish.

His comments came just after the US Treasury moved to double the size of its debt buybacks.

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What Triggered Hayes's Bullish Call

Soft yield curve control refers to central bank or Treasury actions that cap bond yields without formally announcing a fixed target, injecting liquidity through indirect market intervention. Hayes described the buyback expansion in exactly those terms.

"You're an idiot if you're not long stocks, long gold, long Bitcoin, long the market," Arthur Hayes said, linking the Treasury's actions directly to renewed liquidity-driven gains.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the expansion targeting longer-dated Treasuries. Markets had been testing the 5% level in 10-year yields, a threshold many view as unsustainable for US debt servicing.

By increasing buybacks, the Treasury effectively capped yields, injecting liquidity much like previous interventions under Janet Yellen.

Hayes argued that when governments suppress bond yields artificially, private capital flees fixed income in search of scarce alternatives.

"That's why markets ripped gold, Bitcoin stocks, right? This is the the Yellen put if you want to call it that. Uh she started this. Um, funny at the time, you know, he wasn't this treasur treasury secretary then. You know, Scott Bessent had a lot of choice words for how moronic it was that uh Janet Yellen was issuing so much debt at the short end," Hayes explained.

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He drew a parallel to the Bank of Japan's decade-long experiment with yield-curve control, arguing that capped yields inevitably push capital toward equities, gold, and Bitcoin.

Why Hayes Sees This as the Start of a Pattern

The immediate market reaction validated his view. The 30-year Treasury yield fell, Bitcoin broke above key moving averages near $70,000, equities rose, and altcoins turned sharply green.

Hayes called the move a recognition that authorities will keep intervening to defend debt sustainability, creating a series of liquidity injections over time rather than a single event.