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.

James Van Straten

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U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell to 4.4%

Bitcoin continued to hold just above $90,000 in the minutes following the report.

Sign saying "Now Hiring" sits on a lawn.

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Bitcoin may be gearing up for a rally that sent price to $126,000 last year

The current tight consolidation closely mirrors the April 2025 range that set the stage for the record run above $126,000.

BTCUSD (TradingView)

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Bitcoin bounces to $90,500 after testing key support of $89,200

The early rally to start the year failed to break past $95,000, setting the stage for the current pullback, according to one trading firm.

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Bitcoin's market rhymes as identical November lows create familiar January setup

Structural demand, historical timing, and January inflection points collide in 2026.

Chess piece being moved (Ahmed/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Crypto selloff accelerates, sending bitcoin back to $91,000

Strategy is an outperformer following MSCI's decision not to exclude the stock from its indices, but any positive reaction was muted by the decline in BTC.

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Strategy’s STRC perpetual preferred stock returns to $100, may trigger more bitcoin buying

The bitcoin treasury company's perpetual preferred equity, STRC, hit $100 for the first time since early November.

STRC (TradingView)

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Bitcoin slides toward $91,000 with two CME pricing gaps coming into focus

Unfilled price gaps in futures and ETFs are emerging as key downside reference levels for bitcoin as weakness emerges.

Chart of CME bitcoin futures prices showing the two gaps. (TradingView)

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Metplanet valued at three-month high relative to bitcoin holdings after MSCI decision

Select bitcoin treasury equities gained after MSCI removed near-term index exclusion risk.

Chart of Metaplanet's mNAV (Metaplanet)

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Riot Platforms sold $200 million of bitcoin in 2025's last two months

VanEck’s head of digital assets said bitcoin sales and the AI trade are increasingly linked as miners fund infrastructure build-outs.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

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This metric suggests bitcoin's late November plunge was the bottom and major upside lies ahead

Extreme readings in the ratio between short-term holder supply in profit and short-term holder supply in loss have aligned with the end of bear markets.

BTC: Short-Term Holder