Latest from James Van Straten
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.

Bitcoin surges above $71,000 as Trump postpones Iran strikes for 5 days
Trump said that the two countries held "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East."

Bitcoin clings to monthly gains, historic losing streak still in play
Bitcoin shows early signs of outperformance against gold, with the BTC gold ratio rebounding toward 16 ounces after a steep cycle drawdown.

Gold falters as macro pressures build, bitcoin holds liquidity trend
Rising real rates and inflation risks weigh on gold, while bitcoin continues to consolidate.

Strategy set for second-biggest bitcoin buying quarter despite BTC price slide
First-quarter purchases have reached 89,618 BTC so far, the most since fourth-quarter 2024, and the quarter is not yet over.

