# Crypto Trader Digest The Substack of Arthur Hayes, Chief Investment Officer of Maelstrom, co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, a faithful disciple of the one true god Satoshi, and all around mother fucker. Page: Feed: --- ## [Same Same But Different](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/same-same-but-different) _2026-08-24 · Arthur Hayes_ I need you to suspend your rational mind and engage your whimsical imagination; stay with me. Take One. It’s Saturday night at the rebooted Brooklyn Mirage, now called Pacha in New York City, the... ## [The Book of Genesis](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/the-book-of-genesis) _2026-08-19 · Arthur Hayes_ And on the 28th day, God created Alan Turing, who one day later created the computer. The computer’s usefulness advanced as other humans made it faster and smarter. Some weeks later... ## [Yen-quake](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/yen-quake) _2026-08-11 · Arthur Hayes_ My internal dialogue in early March 2011: What’s my costume going to be for sevens this year? Can my body handle another back-to-back, Taiwan Spring Scream? Back to reality. I’m sitting at my desk at Deutsche Bank ## [Situationship](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/situationship) _2026-08-04 · Arthur Hayes_ Let your gaze wander and feast your beady eyes upon the disfigurement of Earth’s natural environment visited upon it by humanity. Some alterations are pleasant and some horrific, but each one started as an idea in one or more evolved primates' conscious brains. ## [Reality Test](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/reality-test) _2026-06-08 · Arthur Hayes_ Am I dreaming - or is AI investing as easy as buying a subscription to Citrini Research and buying every stonk they write about? ## [The Butterfly Touch](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/the-butterfly-touch) _2026-05-11 · Arthur Hayes_ (Any views expressed here are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) ## [No Trade Zone](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/no-trade-zone) _2026-04-15 · Arthur Hayes_ Because Maelstrom's trading went quiet in the first quarter, many of our brokers occasionally ping me asking my thoughts on the market and if there is anything they can do for us. I reply, ## [$HYPE Man](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/hype-man) _2026-03-09 · Arthur Hayes_ Into the frozen forest and up the steep volcano we go. It’s just another day of ski touring meditation. Encased in the quiet of a snowy forest, my thoughts... ## [iOS Warfare](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/ios-warfare) _2026-03-01 · Arthur Hayes_ At the behest of the most peaceful president in US history, Donald J. Trump, the US Department of War and OpenAI launched their offensive... ## [This Is Fine](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/this-is-fine) _2026-02-17 · Arthur Hayes_ When the fire alarm rings in your apartment or office building, you usually dismiss it. But sometimes death comes swiftly to those who ignore obvious warnings... ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xlCCMe9d4yX5) _2026-02-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Woomph](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/woomph) _2026-01-27 · Arthur Hayes_ The mountain go “Woomph”. Me: Did you hear that? In the valley of powder, certain sounds cause an immediate need to stop, listen, and adapt. ## [Frowny Cloud](https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/frowny-cloud) _2026-01-14 · Arthur Hayes_ (Any views expressed here are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.)