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).

James Van Straten

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Markets

Bitcoin's $100K Psychological Barrier May Require Multiple Attacks: Van Straten

Historically, it's taken the bitcoin price between 20 and 30 tries to break through a large round number.

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Markets

Bitcoin's 'Illiquid' Supply Soars to New All-Time High Near 15M Tokens

Alongside, bitcoin on exchanges have fallen to almost a four-year low, suggesting heightened investor demand.

BTC Illiquid Supply (Glassnode)

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 15.4K Bitcoin for $1.5B as Saylor Pitches BTC to Microsoft

The purchases took place over the week ended Sunday and were funded with share sales under the company's ATM program.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Makes Another Run at $100K as U.S. Traders Return After Thanksgiving

Bitcoin's price premium on Coinbase rebounded after flipping negative during the recent pullback, suggesting that American traders may be driving the rally.

Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Set to Have Its Fourth Strongest Month Since October 2021

Bitcoin is currently up over 36% for November, which has only been beaten by three other months since October 2021.


Markets

Bitcoin Miners Approach $40B Market Cap as Difficulty Set for Fifth Straight Increase

The bitcoin hashrate is still soaring as mining difficulty looks to increase for a fifth consecutive time.

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)

Markets

Short-Term Bitcoin Holders Have Moved Nearly $8B Worth of BTC to Exchanges, Signaling Price Bottom: Van Straten

As bitcoin approached $100,000 we saw record notional profit-taking, however, as bitcoin dropped to almost $90,000 we are seeing record notional loss-taking.

BTC: Short Term Holders in Loss to Exchanges (Glassnode)

Markets

MicroStrategy Retail Investors Caught Out on the Wrong Side of MSTR Trade

MicroStrategy is down almost 40% from its all-time high of just over $540 a share.

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Have 163K More BTC to Sell, History Indicates: Van Straten

Long-term holders have sold almost 550,000 BTC as the rising price spurs profit-taking.


Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Makes Mammoth BTC Purchase, Adding 55,500 Tokens for $5.4B

This latest acquisition took place over the past few days, with current holdings now valued at nearly $38 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)