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, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).

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Bitcoin May Have Hit Bottom After Its 30% Fall from All-Time High

Bitcoin may see bullish momentum if history repeats, echoing patterns from the U.S. spot ETF launch and August’s yen carry trade unwind.

BTC's bullish pattern. (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

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Metaplanet Issues $13M Zero-Coupon Bond to Buy More Bitcoin

The Japanese hotel firm secures 15.5% weighting in crypto-focused exchange-traded fund.

japan (CoinDesk archives)

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Michael Saylor's Strategy Adds Another 22K Bitcoin for $1.92B

The purchase was funded mostly common stock issuance and brought the company's holdings to 528,185 BTC.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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CoinShares' Bitcoin Mining ETF Is the Worst Performing Fund of This Year

IREN, the ETF’s top holding at 15%, is down more than 40% year-to-date.

Bitcoin Mining ETF, WGMI down over 40% Year-to-date (Shutterstock)

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Trump Family Enters Bitcoin Mining With New Venture, American Bitcoin

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have partnered with Hut 8 to launch a major U.S.-based bitcoin-mining company.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

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Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Slumps to 5-Year Low as Traders Seek Less Risky Assets: Van Straten

Ether has underperformed bitcoin since last year's reward halving. The first time that's happened.

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KULR Technology Buys Another 56 Bitcoin for $5M, Takes Holdings to 668 BTC

The company's average acquisition cost is now roughly $97,300 per bitcoin.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

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Custodia, Vantage Bank Tokenize U.S. Dollar Demand Deposits on Ethereum

They conducted a series of eight regulated test transactions, involving minting, transferring, and redeeming Avit tokens under full U.S. banking compliance.

CDCROP: Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long on CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin." (CoinDesk TV)