Arthur Hayes, the mastermind behind BitMEX gets a pardon from none other than Donald Trump himself.
Conviction wiped clean for Bank Secrecy Act violations. Now, instead of just chilling with his billions, Hayes takes a sharp turn toward something a little more eternal.
Thank you @POTUS
— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) March 28, 2025
Health concerns?
The guy’s literally diving headfirst into the world of stem cells, grabbing a major stake and also a board seat in a stem cell company where he’s also been a patient for over a year, clinics in Mexico and Bangkok, mind you.
Talk about putting your money where your health is. Hayes laid it out straight in an interview with Bloomberg.
“I want to live as long as possible, as healthy as possible.”
And who can argue? As more countries loosen the reins on stem cell treatments, the opportunity to hack aging isn’t just sci-fi anymore.
The company’s keeping its new name under wraps, but Hayes is clearly making longevity his new hustle.
200 years?
And this ain’t a solo mission. Across the crypto industry, prominents are pouring stacks into life extension.
Vitalik Buterin has donated $25 million in Shiba Inu tokens to the Future of Life Institute and kicked in over $350,000 to the SENS Research Foundation.
This guy is fighting to flip the script on aging itself. He dreams of a world where living 150 or 200 years isn’t crazy.
And then there’s Balaji Srinivasan, ex-Coinbase executive and genomics startup co-founder, focused on making genetic testing affordable.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s also in the game, co-founding NewLimit, a genetics startup that raised $130 million this year.
Longevity
But Hayes isn’t cashing out fully. His family office, Maelstrom, still keeps its eyes on the crypto prize, backing firms that hoard crypto assets on their balance sheets.
Plus, last year, Maelstrom launched a Bitcoin grant program, throwing $50,000 to $150,000 annually, and up to $250,000 per developer, to keep Bitcoin’s engine running strong.
Scalability, privacy, censorship resistance, Hayes is playing the long game in tech and biology.
So Hayes went from crypto outlaw to longevity pioneer without missing a beat. It’s like your favorite sitcom character suddenly deciding they want to run a marathon and live forever, all while still hustling the side gig.
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📅 Published: August 22, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: August 22, 2025
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