Arthur Hayes: AI Risks and BTC Outlook in Decrypt Interview

Arthur Hayes joined Decrypt to examine catalysts needed to end retail boredom in crypto, the timeline for TradFi shifting to 24/7 perpetual futures, and how corporate AI overspending could trigger a subprime-style crisis that hits BTC price targets missed last year.

Hayes also weighed privacy narratives driving ZCash and retail activity beyond speculation during the current crypto winter.

BTC trades at $63881.66 inside its Bollinger Bands with lower support at $61242.99 and upper resistance at $72787.04. The 4-hour structure remains bearish as price sits below both EMA50 at $70101.03 and EMA200 at $74890.01 while MACD prints a death cross at -2376.51. RSI at 27.67 shows oversold momentum, suggesting any relief rally will likely stall at the 50-EMA before retesting lower band support.