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Former BitMEX<\/strong> CEO Arthur Hayes hinted he may rebalance his investments away from bitcoin (BTC) and in favor of Ethereum\u2019s native ETH token, arguing \u201ca massive wall of money\u201d will enter ETH once it is seen as an ESG-friendly, yield-bearing asset to push its price north of USD 10,000.<\/p>\nWriting in a new essay titled Five Ducking Digits,<\/i> Hayes said that he used to have a portfolio of \u201c50% bitcoin and 50% ether.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, given his view that ETH is now relatively cheap compared to the rest of crypto, he said that a more appropriate target is \u201c25% bitcoin and 75% ether.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hayes said this is his preferred allocation, despite admitting that \u201cthe macro is not there,\u201d and that both stocks and the price of ETH could fall by 30% to 50% in a coming US recession.<\/p>\n
For bitcoin to withstand such a crash, the narrative must change from it being just a risk asset to being seen as a store of value and an inflation hedge, he said, noting that it still is \u201cthe hardest form of money ever created.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ether, on the other hand, \u201cis not money,\u201d Hayes said, calling it instead the \u201ca commodity that powers the world\u2019s largest decentralized computer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs global real rates are deeply negative, I want to own an asset that has a positive yield in its own currency \u2014 and at the moment, that is ETH,\u201d Hayes said, adding that \u201cBitcoin yields nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, from a pure interest rate differential perspective, I should own more ETH than Bitcoin. This will change when the price of ETH sufficiently rises to incorporate future ETH cash flows,\u201d he said before arriving at his ETH price prediction for 2022:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen the dust settles at year-end, I believe ETH will be trading north of USD 10,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The investor also explained that, in his view, ETH is \u201cperhaps the least expensive\u201d among the tokens from major Layer 1 smart contract platforms when viewed against the fundamental activity that is taking place on the platforms.<\/p>\n
According to Hayes, ETH is fundamentally cheaper than both Solana\u2019s native SOL token and Polkadot\u2019s DOT, and is much cheaper than Cardano\u2019s ADA token, which Hayes opined trades \u201cpurely on hopium.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are a capital allocator who either already holds some of these coins, or has to choose which smart contract layer-1 coin to invest in, wouldn\u2019t you want to buy the cheapest one,\u201d the former exchange CEO said.<\/p>\n
He added that he expects to see ETH \u201csignificantly outperform\u201d tokens from other competing Layer 1 chains that refer to themselves \u201cfaster and cheaper\u201d than Ethereum.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat narrative worked from 2020 to the end of 2021, but now Ether supports extremely positive price fundamentals from a flow of and return on capital basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Hayes further noted that the ESG (environmental, social, and governance) narrative around ETH will drive more investors into the asset, as the network transitions to the less energy-intensive proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.<\/p>\n
\u201cA massive wall\u201d of ESG compliant money will come from more traditionally-minded investors, as investment advisors finally start to pitch ETH as something more like a bond their clients can invest in,\u201d Hayes predicted.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThere is a significant amount of money managers that would like to allocate to \u2018crypto\u2019 [\u2026] but the proof-of-work consensus mechanism is considered energy wasteful,\u201d he wrote in the essay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Moreover, another reason more activity may move back to Ethereum from its competitors is the vulnerability of inter-blockchain bridges. This was demonstrated with the recent hacking of a bridge connecting the Ronin sidechain to Ethereum, where attackers got away with over USD 600m.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf traders tire of worrying whether their bridge will be the next to implode, they may just migrate their TVL [total value locked] and business back to ETH,\u201d Hayes wrote, noting that this would be negative for network\u2019s competing with Ethereum. ____<\/strong>\u00a0 – ETH Can Flip Bitcoin, But It Can’t ‘Have Its Cake & Eat It Too’ – Arthur Hayes – Axie Infinity\u2019s Ronin Hack Exposes Risks of Proof-of-Stake and Centralization \u2013 Analysts<\/p>\n– Buterin Claims Ethereum Simplicity is Still Possible, as Developers Warn of Increasing Complexity – Ethereum Staking Sees Accelerating Growth Ahead of Merge<\/p>\n
– Arthur Hayes Tells Crypto Traders \u2018It Pays to Wait,\u2019 Stronger USD Coming – Game Theory of Bitcoin Adoption by Nation-States<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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