In Conversation with Arthur Hayes, CEO & Co-Founder of BitMEX (Full Interview)

In a candid conversation, Co-Founder and CEO of BitMEX Arthur Hayes defends why BitMEX is set up in Seychelles, the promise of blockchain for everyone, why ICOs are not a problem, and why his industry is not a “scam.”

This self-proclaimed “economist-history nerd” and former Deutsche Bank banker, who joined then lost his job at Citi as head trader of Asian ETFs, says that BitMEX as a crypto exchange actually protects investors by limiting the loss to only the amount put into the market. This is different, he says, than the traditional regulated system where investors can lose their entire net worth.

But why crypto?

Hayes says it’s history in the making. Cryptocurrency is permissionless — and that means everyone can use it. It may not be better, but “at least you have a choice.”

It’s a glimpse into why people are “opting out” who created an industry with a market cap of $350 billion. For a man who lost his job at Citibank in 2013, what he and his co-founders built at BitMEX since then has turned this out-of-work banker into a self-made crypto-preneur heading up the biggest crypto margin-trading platform in the world.

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[Dsrptn]

Isn't easy to find great personalities like Hayes, but speaking about interviews, it's even rarer to find a great interviewer who ask good questions. Good job

[hume]

Angie Lau and David Lin at Kitco are two of the very best interviewers I've ever seen. The comprehensive nature of the questions and the in-depth answers they demand of the interviewee is an absolute pleasure to behold.

[vijnp]

The best interviewer that I have heard for years! Who is she?

[shaunmc]

Love how Angie approach her interviews, she has a subtle way of challenging her guests while making them feel very comfortable with being challenged.

[anniechen]

How is the handling fee calculated? I'm a novice and I don't quite understand it. I saw another BITYARD. Are they the same?

[duudleDreamz]

Awesome interview. The information content per minute of this interview is infinitely higher than the per hour content of Roubini yelling out his anger/profanity laden distortions.

[georgeoy]

Great work by the interview and Arthur!

[MoorishBrooklyn]

Good interview but the volume/mic was a little low.

[bullishstand]

one of the best blockchain/bitcoin video i've watched...there would more ex-ibank traders, ex-institutional journalists joining crypto world

[tomphoenix]

Very intelligent persons, both of them. Interesting conversation!

[cefrio]

Mr. Hayes won that debate with Rubini in my opinion, but he's shirt does seem a little torn from the fight

[dirtstyles]

Great interview, Angie is one of the best journalists in the blockchain and crypto space, and she's beautiful :)

[sameerdewan]

Please interview Sergey Nazarov
I want to know his thoughts

[deanalainv]

Great interview -. My goal is to get 0.5BTC

[clutchboy]

Damnnn little did she know this guy would get arrested for violating a bank secrecy act in 2021

[ivanbal]

Tangle in Taipeh, IOTA is spreading out

[Omariau]

Arthur Hayes cut the bull crap with the ICO, the guy compares starting your own restaurant and failing with an ico? When you start a restaurant you're doing with your own money for a starter, and when a restaurant fails, they tried to create something. 99% of icos were just two liner codes and their creators borderline scammers. This has nothing to do with entrepeneurship. Nothing.