Arthur Hayes exits crypto trading positions as analysts track $26 million in sales

Kwon Crash

Published Oct 24, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC

Source: CryptoSource
- Arthur Hayes, the man who once tried to short the entire market and lived to tell the tale, has finally exited Maelstrom’s directional positions. On-chain trackers at Coinglass spot roughly $26 million in sales of ETH, ENA, and UNI. His excuse? Mounting macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty. Classic. He’s treating his portfolio like a threadbare hull leaking air in a vacuum, bailing out while the rest of you are still trying to figure out how to inflate your meat wallet with leverage. Santiment confirms the dump, but let’s be real: this isn’t wisdom; it’s just aggressive passive income harvesting before the next regulatory crackdown turns every exchange into a licensed corpse audit. The moonboys will cry, the bureaucrats will cheer, and Hayes will likely buy the dip again when the narrative shifts back to "decentralization is dead, long live liquidity." Stay liquid, stay skeptical, and for the love of hash manifests, don’t touch the robot’s exit strategy.