Latest News on Arthur Hayes

Arthur Hayes co-founded the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX in 2014 with Ben Delo and Samuel Reed. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Hayes, Reed, Delo and another executive with evading rules designed to stop money laundering. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a separate civil lawsuit to halt BitMEX’s U.S. commodity derivatives business.

Hayes stepped down from BitMEX in October 2020. On April 6, 2021, he surrendered for Bank Secrecy Act violations and pleaded guilty in February 2022.

In May 2022, he received a two-year probation sentence, including six months of home confinement.

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