Latest from James Van Straten
MARA Holdings higher by 10% after selling $1.1 billion in bitcoin to fund debt buyback
The strategic move cuts debt, reduces dilution risk, and strengthens the balance sheet for expansion into AI and energy infrastructure, said the company.

Bitcoin has traded in a tight range for nearly 50 days – but this is not a "bear flag"
Extended range-bound price action signals structural consolidation rather than a textbook bearish continuation, despite rising downside risks.

Cipher Digital stock rises 9% on new data center deal with Hyperscale tenant
The new 15-year hyperscale lease and $200 million in financing underscore the push into AI data centers.

Gold’s longest losing streak in a century meets bitcoin’s resurgence
As gold posts its worst run since 1920, bitcoin gains ground and outperforms, pushing the BTC to gold ratio 30% higher, since the Middle East conflict started.

Bitcoin slips below $70,000, Circle's 16% slide leads crypto stock sell-off
Market participants are now pricing in rate hikes, and it could be weighing on risk assets.

Bitcoin may have already bottomed out near $60,000. Here’s why.
Implied volatility indicators DVOL and BVIV suggest peak fear has passed, with crypto leading traditional markets in pricing risk.

Bitcoin finds stability at 2023 investor cost basis, echoing past cycle
Onchain cost basis data suggests $60,000 is a critical support, with deeper historical support near $54,000.

Strategy tops up capital-raising plans, bringing potential bitcoin buying power back to $42 billion
Expanded share issuance plans and new Wall Street partners boost capital raising firepower.

H100 eyes Europe’s largest bitcoin treasury with 3,500 BTC in proposed acquistions
Proposed bitcoin-for-bitcoin acquisition of Moonshot and Never Say Die would triple the company's holdings and expand institutional scale.

Strategy returns to 'small' bitcoin purchases, adding $76.6 million in BTC last week
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy acquired 1,031 bitcoin, bringing holdings to 762,099 coins.

