Arthur Hayes Says ‘Stealth QE’ Is The BTC Catalyst Markets Aren’t Pricing Yet

• Hayes says heavy U.S. Treasury issuance combined with tight liquidity and rising SOFR, may force the Fed into “stealth QE”
• He argues balance-sheet expansion, not halving cycles, is what historically lifts Bitcoin.
• If stealth liquidity hits via SRF or repos, BTC could front-run the next macro easing wave.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and CIO of Maelstrom, published a new essay arguing that the next Bitcoin bull run will be driven by U.S. dollar liquidity rather than from the halving.

The Maelstrom CIO identifies this catalyst as “stealth QE” or “Invisible QE.” This is his term for covert monetary policy easing from the US Federal Reserve. His core thesis is that Bitcoin’s price is not just tied to its own code, but directly to the expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet.

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