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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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin rises past $64,000 after soft inflation data, Warsh testimony

Trump reinstated the Hormuz blockade, sending oil higher, reversing the peace trade that helped bitcoin recover in early July.

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Markets

Strategy pauses its Bitcoin buying spree to hoard a massive $3 billion cash cushion

Strategy now has more than 20 months of coverage for preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Michael Saylor’s Strategy added $467 million in cash, made no changes to bitcoin holdings

The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.

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

Markets

Paradigm shifts vs bubbles: AI chips and bitcoin show powerful trends can still produce severe corrections

Structural change can create lasting opportunities, but explosive rallies in semiconductors, metals and bitcoin show how quickly strong narratives can become speculative excess.

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Markets

Live markets: Bitcoin, stocks, bonds sharply lower as Fed's Waller signals near-term rate hike

The liquidations were minor, running at about a sixth of what the market saw at its worst over the past 30 days, per CoinGlass.

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Markets

Bitcoin's $60,000-$70,000 range becomes third most traded range in history

Bitcoin has spent 307 days in the $60,000-$70,000 range, the third longest consolidation in any $10,000 price band.

BTC Price (Glassnode)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to $64,000 as SK Hynix opens for trade after $26.5 billion IPO

Spot bitcoin funds lost about $95 million on Thursday and ether funds roughly $52 million, ending the one bright spot in crypto's institutional flows even as prices rallied.

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Markets

Two blockbuster public debut of AI stocks could pull away more capital from crypto

A wave of blockbuster AI listings is drawing billions of dollars from global investors, reinforcing a rotation away from crypto.

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Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to $63,000, oil and bond yields drop as markets look past latest Iran dustup

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million

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Markets

Adam Back's bitcoin treasury firm scraps SPAC merger, seeks new deal

BSTR and Cantor Equity Partners will not complete their merger under the original July 2025 agreement, with the shareholder meeting postponed indefinitely.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)