James Van Straten

James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin's role within the broader financial system.

In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds an investment in Bitcoin.

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Live markets: bitcoin bounces to $60,000 after Warsh comments, economic data

Record ETF outflows in June beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the period.

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Strategy heads for 11th losing month in 12 as bitcoin weakness continues

Strategy (MSTR) shares have lost around 41% of their value in June.

STRC, MSTR, BTC (TradingView)

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Live updates: bitcoin closes out weak quarter; Trump reports over $1 billion in crypto proceeds

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

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Strategy opens door to selling billions of bitcoin under new capital plan. Here's what it means

The company can now sell bitcoin to fund the USD reserve, support preferred dividends, and finance up to $2 billion in stock buybacks.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Saylor's Strategy initiates buybacks and bitcoin monetization program, lifts STRC dividend

Strategy adopted a new capital management framework, authorizing up to $2 billion in buybacks while creating a program that allows future bitcoin sales to support liquidity.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin falls into a technical no man’s land as major support levels sit miles away

Bitcoin is trading below key technical and onchain valuation levels, with historical bear market patterns suggesting a potential bottom closer to $45,000.

BTC Cost Basis (CheckonChain)

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Live updates: bitcoin pinned to $60,000 as U.S. stocks surge higher

Stocks are about to close out their best quarter since 2020 as crypto continues to get crushed.

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Strategy's valuation has fallen below the value of its bitcoin holdings

For years, investors had valued the firm well above its bitcoin holdings, giving Strategy massive flexibility to raise capital as needed — a situation Michael Saylor and team took full advantage of.

Michael Saylor in conversation with CoinDesk's James Van Straten (CoinDesk)

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All eyes on Strategy's June 30 ex-dividend date and monthly STRC dividend rate reset

Investors are watching the preferred stock's ex-dividend date and monthly dividend rate reset closely.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: Bitcoin edges higher as U.S. stocks recover from big early losses

Markets are reassessing the certainty of one or more Fed rate hikes this year.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)