James Van Straten

Articles by James Van Straten

Metaplanet buys 4,279 bitcoin, lifts total holdings to 35,102 BTC

Crypto December 31, 2025

Metaplanet (3350), a Tokyo-listed investment and operating company focused on bitcoin treasury management, bought another 4,279 bitcoin BTC $87,670.00 in the fourth quarter, spending a total of $451οΏ½...

Strategy reloads on bitcoin, acquires a further 1,229 BTC for $109 million

Crypto December 30, 2025

Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC $89,558.82, resumed purchases after boosting its US dollar reserves to $2.2 billion the prior week. The company acquired 1,229 bitοΏ½...

Bitcoin whales have been the main accumulators in the $80,000 range

Crypto December 30, 2025

Bitcoin BTC $87,846.33 whales, or holders with at least 1,000 BTC, have been the dominant buyers since the price of the largest cryptocurrency bottomed near $80,000 at the end of November, accordingοΏ½...

Bitcoin’s $70,000 to $80,000 zone highlights gap in historical price support

Crypto December 26, 2025

By checking the past five years of bitcoin BTC $87,612.08 CME futures trading data, it is possible to assess where that crypto has historically spent time consolidating and, by extension, where suppοΏ½...

Gold knocks on a door that's been shut for 50 years as bitcoin tests a defining support

Crypto December 25, 2025

Gold is at a critical juncture when measured against U.S. money supply (M2SL), testing a level it last reached in 2011 and not surpassed since the 1970s, when the price more than tripled to a then-reοΏ½...

Strategy's increased dollar buffer covers more than 2 years of dividend obligations

Crypto December 24, 2025

Strategy (MSTR), the largest bitcoin BTC $87,497.82 holder among publicly traded companies, increased its dollar reserve to $2.2 billion, giving the company a two-and-a-half-year buffer to meet diviοΏ½...

Miner capitulation is a contrarian signal, indicates renewed bitcoin momentum, VanEck says

Crypto December 24, 2025

Declining bitcoin BTC $87,525.91 mining activity is often interpreted as a sign of network stress, reflecting weaker miner profitability, declining hashrate and concerns over the economic sustainabiοΏ½...

CME loses top spot to Binance in bitcoin futures open interest as institutional demand wanes

Crypto December 23, 2025

The CME has lost its place as the number one exchange for bitcoin BTC $89,644.51 futures open interest (OI). Binance has now overtaken CME as the largest venue by OI according to CoinGlass data, witοΏ½...

Stock market's Santa tradition offers hope to battered Bitcoin bulls

Crypto December 23, 2025

Bitcoin BTC $90,110.31 has experienced its toughest fourth quarter since 2022, but a time-honored Wall Street pattern could soon bring relief to battered BTC bulls. That pattern is S&P 500's tοΏ½...

Gold wins the debasement trade in 2025, but it is not the full story

Crypto December 21, 2025

Looking back on 2025, the sound money, or debasement trade, was decisively won by the metals over bitcoin. Gold delivered one of its best years on record, up 65%, while bitcoin so far is down 7%. UοΏ½...