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 investments in Bitcoin and Strategy (MSTR).

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Markets

Crypto Exchange Bullish Files for U.S. IPO as Digital Asset Enthusiasm Mounts: FT

Bullish filed confidential papers with the SEC as the Trump administration eases regulations and promotes digital assets.

Peter Thiel holds a microphone while speaking at The Cambridge Union.

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Growing Stacks of Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Signals Bullish Outlook

As the bitcoin counts of long-term holders has increased, that of short-term holders has fallen.

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Strategy Shifts Capital Raise to Preferred Stocks as Common Share Issuance Loses Allure

Sales of STRK and STRF preferred shares allow Strategy to fund bitcoin purchases without diluting common shareholders.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)

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Finance

Riot Sells $1.58M of Bitfarms Shares as Part of Investment Review

U.S.-based miner retains over 14% ownership after open market sales.

Coinmint, a crypto data center in upstate New York, is set to host a portion of new miners from Riot’s Oklahoma City facility. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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U.S. Added 139K Jobs in May, Roughly In Line With Forecasts

The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2%, also matching economist forecasts.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

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Leverage Reconfigures in Q1: DeFi Recovers, CeFi Quietly Expands, Treasury Debt Mounts

Galaxy’s latest report shows crypto leverage fell overall, but structural shifts in DeFi, CeFi and treasury financing signal rising interdependence and hidden risk.

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Investment Advisers Become Top Holders of Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Ether ETF Demand Rises

13F filings show investment advisers dominate institutional crypto ETF exposure, with growing interest in ether alongside Bitcoin.

Exchange-traded fund (viarami/Pixabay)

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Elon Musk Blasts U.S. Spending Bill as Debt Nears $37T

Tesla CEO calls Trump’s spending package the ‘Debt Slavery Bill’.

Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)