{"id":548725,"date":"2023-08-24T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=548725"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:16:16","slug":"arthur-hayes-blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/arthur-hayes-blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etf\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why Arthur Hayes Is Not In Support Of A BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many stakeholders in the crypto industry have welcomed the idea of traditional finance firms offering a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin\/blackrock-first-spot-bitcoin-etf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (ETF) as they believe it will further drive crypto adoption. However, the former CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitmex-ceo-bitcoin-experiment-bright-future\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arthur Hayes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, seems to be against the move.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Problems With BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptohayes.substack.com\/p\/kite-or-board\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> published on his Substack platform, Hayes made his displeasure known regarding the recent wave of Spot Bitcoin ETF applications by prominent traditional financial (TradFi) institutions, including BlackRock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contrary to public opinion, he doesn\u2019t believe these <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/two-more-bitcoin-spot-etfs-filed-by-major-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TradFi institutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are bullish on crypto. Instead, they are moving to become \u201ccrypto gatekeepers\u201d to balance their deposit base, explaining that these companies intend to offer ETFs or any similar investment product with crypto as its underlying asset to achieve this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He stated that since these fund managers will be the \u201conly game in town,\u201d they can charge investors enormous fees in exchange for their investment products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to him, institutions like BlackRock recognize that cryptocurrencies can be used to hedge against inflation and could have a significant impact on the economy going forward. So they want to have it \u201cunder their control\u201d when that happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He believes the only times these firms have done a \u201cgood job\u201d is to paint the crypto industry and cryptocurrencies in a bad light to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/sec-crackdown-on-binance-and-coinbase\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">government<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. As such, they will have a hard time changing the narrative to circumvent the federal government\u2019s proposed inflation tax on bank depositors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bitmex founder suggested that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) clampdown on the crypto industry was never about the technology itself but who owned it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He believes those who had earlier tried to get a Bitcoin ETF approved faced disapproval based on their status. However, the regulator seems more welcoming to the idea because of the prestige of BlackRock and its CEO, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/bitcoin-news\/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-says-bitcoin-is-digital-gold-so-whats-the-digital-silver\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larry Fink<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/NGaGHR8K\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin price chart from Tradingview.com (BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF)\" width=\"2884\" height=\"1746\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">BTC price falls to $26,300 territory | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/Tradingview.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">BTCUSD on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2>TradFi Doesn\u2019t Care About Decentralization<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes noted that the banks and financial regulators could collaborate to uphold the dollar\u2019s sovereignty. According to him, this can be easily achieved by both parties agreeing to ensure that all crypto redemptions are made in the US dollar and not the \u201cphysical crypto\u201d itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These US dollars will then be put back into the banking system, which he believes is already compromised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes is more concerned that all this goes against <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-nominated-nobel-prize\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Satoshi\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> vision of creating a decentralized financial system and he believes BlackRock\u2019s CEO Larry Fink doesn\u2019t care about decentralization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He highlighted that Fink and BlackRock\u2019s business model is built on centralization, adding that asset managers like BlackRock do not add value to the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, such as increased privacy or censorship resistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead, these asset managers moving to offer ETFs means they have more control over large voting blocks and can affect governance decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer-shortcode\">Featured image from Analytics Insight, chart from Tradingview.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many stakeholders in the crypto industry have welcomed the idea of traditional finance firms offering a Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) as they believe it will further drive crypto adoption. However, the former CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, seems to be against the move. Problems With BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing In a post published on his Substack platform, Hayes made his displeasure known regarding the recent wave of Spot Bitcoin ETF applications by prominent traditional financial (TradFi) institutions, including BlackRock. Contrary to public opinion, he doesn\u2019t believe these TradFi institutions are bullish on crypto. Instead, they are moving to become \u201ccrypto gatekeepers\u201d to balance their deposit base, explaining that these companies intend to offer ETFs or any similar investment product with crypto as its underlying asset to achieve this.\u00a0 He stated that since these fund managers will be the \u201conly game in town,\u201d they can charge investors enormous fees in exchange for their investment products. According to him, institutions like BlackRock recognize that cryptocurrencies can be used to hedge against inflation and could have a significant impact on the economy going forward. So they want to have it \u201cunder their control\u201d when that happens. He believes the only times these firms have done a \u201cgood job\u201d is to paint the crypto industry and cryptocurrencies in a bad light to the government. As such, they will have a hard time changing the narrative to circumvent the federal government\u2019s proposed inflation tax on bank depositors. The Bitmex founder suggested that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) clampdown on the crypto industry was never about the technology itself but who owned it.\u00a0 He believes those who had earlier tried to get a Bitcoin ETF approved faced disapproval based on their status. However, the regulator seems more welcoming to the idea because of the prestige of BlackRock and its CEO, Larry Fink.\u00a0 BTC price falls to $26,300 territory | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com TradFi Doesn\u2019t Care About Decentralization Hayes noted that the banks and financial regulators could collaborate to uphold the dollar\u2019s sovereignty. According to him, this can be easily achieved by both parties agreeing to ensure that all crypto redemptions are made in the US dollar and not the \u201cphysical crypto\u201d itself.\u00a0 These US dollars will then be put back into the banking system, which he believes is already compromised.\u00a0 Hayes is more concerned that all this goes against Satoshi\u2019s vision of creating a decentralized financial system and he believes BlackRock\u2019s CEO Larry Fink doesn\u2019t care about decentralization.\u00a0 He highlighted that Fink and BlackRock\u2019s business model is built on centralization, adding that asset managers like BlackRock do not add value to the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, such as increased privacy or censorship resistance.\u00a0 Instead, these asset managers moving to offer ETFs means they have more control over large voting blocks and can affect governance decisions.\u00a0 Featured image from Analytics Insight, chart from 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