Arthur Hayes: AI Credit Chill Could Shrink US Bank Balance Sheets, Squeezing Crypto Dollar Liquidity

Cointime reports: Arthur Hayes warned on November 5 that a cooling AI credit market could stall or shrink US commercial bank balance sheets, tightening dollar liquidity that has supported crypto since August. He pointed to falling shares of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI widening AI credit spreads and choking issuance, and noted the banking system’s balance sheet fell week-over-week as of last week. Hayes said either the Fed or banks must expand their balance sheets to fuel crypto positions.