Arthur Hayes is moving from crypto battles to stem cell clinics. The BitMEX co-founder, recently pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, has taken a board seat and a major stake in a stem cell company – the same firm where he’s been a patient for more than a year.
“I want to live as long as possible, as healthy as possible,” Hayes said, adding that more countries are beginning to ease rules around stem cell treatments.
The company, currently rebranding, has not been named. Hayes has been traveling to clinics in Mexico and Bangkok for infusions aimed at extending his healthspan.
Hayes isn’t the only one. Some of crypto’s most familiar names are backing biotech and life-extension projects.
For these crypto leaders, extending human life has become just as exciting as building the next blockchain.
Even with his new focus, Hayes hasn’t stepped back from the industry that made him a billionaire. He still invests actively and often shares his market views and experiences with the crypto community, especially on X.
His family office, Maelstrom, funds Bitcoin developers with grants worth up to $250,000 each and has invested in digital asset treasury companies – public firms stockpiling crypto on their balance sheets.
Trump’s March pardon cleared Hayes and fellow BitMEX executives of their Bank Secrecy Act convictions. It marked a clean slate for Hayes, who built one of the world’s biggest derivatives exchanges before regulators cracked down.
Since then, Trump himself has embraced crypto, which Hayes sees as validation.
“If you have the president of the empire creating his own memecoin and it’s freely tradable, I think that gives license to other politicians to use memecoins as a way to do campaign finance,” he said.
Hayes also hinted that he’s preparing to release a detailed report on stablecoins, adding another layer to his ongoing influence in the crypto space.
Hayes built BitMEX, faced trial, and walked free with a presidential pardon. Now he’s investing in two things that could shape the future: Bitcoin and human longevity.
He wants to extend his “healthspan” and live as long and healthy as possible. He has also been a patient at the company’s clinics.
Vitalik Buterin donated millions to aging research, Brian Armstrong co-founded a genetic startup, and Balaji Srinivasan co-founded a genomics company.
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