Arthur Hayes isn’t buying the hype about the Circle IPO. He says we’re heading straight for a stablecoin mania, and trust me, it’s not the kind of party you want to be left holding the bill for.
The calm before the storm?
Circle’s big debut on the public markets? Hayes calls it the opening shot in a reckless stampede of stablecoin startups, fueled by clueless investors and fast-talking founders who could sell sand in a desert.
He’s warning everyone, don’t let the glitz fool you. This is the kind of bubble that ends with billions gone in a flash.
Hayes doesn’t pull punches, he says Circle’s CEO, Jeremy Allaire, is playing second fiddle to Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong.
Why? Because Circle hands over half its net interest income to Coinbase just for distribution.
That’s a deal that makes even the worst office coffee taste sweet by comparison. According to Hayes, with this setup, Circle’s got no shot at catching up to Tether, the real champ in the ring.
The real game in crypto
You think trading crypto is like trading stocks? Think again. Hayes reminds us that in crypto, you’ve got to know how money really moves, fiat flows, legal gray zones, and banks that disappear faster than free donuts in the break room.
He knows his sh*t, as back in the day, he was wiring cash all over Greater China, hustling between banks in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, just to keep the wheels turning.
Then came Tether, solving a real headache, no more waiting on banks, no more vanishing funds.
USDT ran on Bitcoin’s rails and fed a massive appetite for dollars in China, where people were desperate for stable value.
Bubble trouble, aka the next wave of stablecoin wannabes
Hayes predicts a flood of new stablecoin issuers, all hoping to cash in on Circle’s IPO fever. But without real distribution through exchanges, social media giants, or banks, they’re doomed to flop.
Forget those promises of bank partnerships, Hayes says banks will just run their own stablecoins in-house.
So, before you get swept up in the stablecoin gold rush, remember Hayes’ warning, if it smells like a bubble and walks like a bubble, it probably pops like one, too.
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