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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CleanSpark Shares Drop 5% After Upsizing $1.15B Convertible Note For Expansion

The bitcoin miner expands financing to accelerate power and data center growth, joining a record surge in convertible debt issuance across bitcoin and AI firms.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

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Strategy Adds $50M in Bitcoin as Bottom Signs for the Stock Emerge

Michael Saylor and team purchased 487 bitcoin over the past few days, bringing company holdings to 641,692 coins.

Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR)

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Rumble Shares Soar on Tether Partnerships, Planned Northern Data Acquisition

Rumble unveiled three major deals with Tether and Northern Data, expanding its AI infrastructure, ad business and cloud capacity.

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Equities Move Higher Pre-Market, But There’s a Twist

Bitcoin leads gains above $106,000, yet a CME gap hints at potential short-term volatility.

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Is This the Indicator That Bitcoin Treasury Companies Have Hit a Bottom?

Jim Chanos closed his 11-month short on Strategy as multiple to net asset value compressed sharply.

Jim Chanos (CoinDesk Archives)

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Bitcoin Whales vs Everyone Else, and the Whales Are Winning

Large bitcoin holders continue to offload as smaller investors accumulate, creating a stark divide in market behavior.

Trend Accumulation By Cohort (Glassnode)

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JPMorgan Clients Lifted Spot Bitcoin ETF Holdings in Q3

The bank disclosed ownership of nearly 5.3 million shares of IBIT as of September 30, up 64% from the previous quarter.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (CoinDesk Archives)

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Strategy Adds Europe to Capital Raising Efforts, Securing $715M in Newest Preferred Offering

Dubbed "stream," STRE is the company's latest preferred series as Michael Saylor and team begin raising funds overseas for more bitcoin purchases.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

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U.S. Bitcoin ETF Flows Turn Positive After Six Days of Outflows

U.S. bitcoin ETFs record $240 million in inflows as market sentiment faces pressure from the ongoing government shutdown.

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Bitcoin Miner IREN Posts Record First-Quarter Earnings, Looks to Growth in AI

The company is targeting $3.4 billion in AI Cloud ARR by end of 2026 with expansion to 140,000 GPUs and strengthened financing position.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.