{"id":66571,"date":"2026-01-06T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66571"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:01:31","slug":"trumps-10-gas-price-rule-will-decide-bitcoins-fate-in-2026-says-arthur-hayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66571","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s &#8216;10% Gas Price Rule&#8217; Will Decide Bitcoin&#8217;s Fate in 2026, Says Arthur Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) bull and BitMex co-founder<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49518520\/bitcoin-will-hit-200000-in-2026-thanks-to-this-new-federal-reserve-program-arthur-hayes-says\">Arthur Hayes<\/a><\/strong> says President Trump\u2019s Venezuela move creates a simple trade: if liquidity increases while gas prices stay cheap, Bitcoin moons; if oil spikes, the rally dies.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 10% Rule That Decides Elections<\/h2>\n<p>In his new <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptohayes.substack.com\/p\/suavemente\">essay<\/a>, Hayes explains Trump\u2019s 2026 midterm strategy in simple terms\u2014print massive amounts of money to boost the economy and make voters feel rich, but keep gas prices from spiking so inflation doesn\u2019t alienate them.<\/p>\n<p>The former BitMEX CEO points to the \u201c10% rule\u201d that\u2019s decided past elections: when national average gas prices rise 10% or more in the three months before an election compared to January of that year, control of the government switches parties.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Trump moved on Venezuela, according to Hayes. The country has the world\u2019s largest proven &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49735047\/trumps-10-gas-price-rule-will-decide-bitcoins-fate-in-2026-says-arthur-hayes?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump's\" gas price rule will decide bitcoin fate in says arthur hayes>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bull and BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes says President Trump\u2019s Venezuela move creates a simple trade: if liquidity increases while gas prices stay cheap, Bitcoin moons; if oil spikes, the rally dies. The 10% Rule That Decides Elections In his new essay, Hayes explains Trump\u2019s 2026 midterm strategy in simple terms\u2014print massive amounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-66571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}