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 retreats after nearing $80,000, with analysts eyeing breather after big run

With bond yields still near multi-year highs, focus turns to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's upcoming Jackson Hole address.

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Markets

Strategy sits on $1.4 billion profit on bitcoin holdings as price surges

Strategy’s common stock rose 10% in Friday pre-market trading to $120, the highest level in two months.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor addresses Consensus 2026 in Miami.

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $77,000 after challenging $80,000 overnight

Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin's run.

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Markets

Bitcoin's jump above $71,000 sets up bullish golden cross pattern

Bitcoin’s improving momentum could produce a golden cross, but the rally still faces an important test.

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Bitcoin hits $72,000 as Strategy and Coinbase continue rally

Bitcoin has gained 15% since monday, reclaiming several key technical and on-chain levels as bullish momentum builds.

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Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin extends gains as Bessent suggests more Treasury intervention

Markets seem likely to test the resolve of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's desire to lower long-term government bond yields.

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Markets

OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI training

Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Getty Images)

Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin and gold jump but rejected at key level as Treasury move pushes yields lower

Led by Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury announced at least a doubling in the size of its long-dated bond buybacks.

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Markets

Bitcoin has gone quiet as traders chase ‘5x or 10x’ payoffs elsewhere

Bitcoin's price swings have hit a cycle low, squeezed by a market tug-of-war with no clear winner. The traders who once lived off its chaos have taken their risk appetite elsewhere.

Bitcoin traders are pivoting to other asset classes for bigger payoffs. (Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot pays off, but mining could revive with one twist

Miners with AI and high-performance computing contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices and hashprice squeeze pure-play operators.

Bitcoin mining USB devices on a large USB hub.