James Van Straten

Articles by James Van Straten

Oracle TikTok deal lifts AI mining stocks as bitcoin tags $88,000

Crypto December 20, 2025

Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped more than 6% in pre-market trading to around $190 after Bloomberg reported that TikTok signed binding agreements to form a new U.S. joint venture led by Oracle, helping eaοΏ½...

Latest bitcoin bull turns bear, Fidelity director warns of year-long crypto winter

Crypto December 20, 2025

Jurien Timmer, Director of Global Macro at Fidelity and a long time bitcoin bull, has become one of the latest financial strategists to turn more bearish on bitcoin BTC $87,999.15, citing the assetsοΏ½...

Bitcoin's 'realized cap' holds at record high over $1 trillion, casting doubt on four-year cycle

Crypto December 19, 2025

Bitcoins "realized capitalization" is at an all-time high of $1.125 trillion, suggesting that BTC remains in a bull market despite the near-40% plunge in prices over the past 10 weeks. This on-chainοΏ½...

Most Influential: Will and Dan Roberts

Crypto December 19, 2025

Daniel and Will Roberts, co-founders and co-CEOs of IREN Limited (IREN), have positioned the company at the center of the AI infrastructure boom by transforming its bitcoin mining assets into high-peοΏ½...

U.S. inflation data surprises, with CPI higher by just 2.7% in November

Crypto December 19, 2025

U.S. inflation data surprised to the downside on Thursday, potentially setting up the economy for continued Federal Reserve rate cuts next year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7%. on a year-oοΏ½...

Micron crushes earnings with BTC buoyant above $87,000

Crypto December 19, 2025

From "it's so over" to "we're so back" market sentiment flips fast these days on social media. Just days after AI bubble fears resurfaced, Micron (MU), a critical supplier of memory chips used in AοΏ½...

U.S. bitcoin ETFs see strongest inflows for over a month as BTC dominance hits 60%

Crypto December 19, 2025

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted their largest one-day inflows since Nov. 11 on Wednesday, coinciding with a volatile crypto market during which bitcoin BTC $87,149.23 rallied tοΏ½...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund supports Metaplanet bitcoin plan ahead of EGM vote

Crypto December 18, 2025

Norways Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has endorsed Metaplanet's (3350) bitcoin BTC $87,054.48 focused strategy, voting in favour of all five management proposals ahead of the companys ExtοΏ½...

Bitcoin long term holder supply hits 8 month low, breaking historical cycle patterns

Crypto December 18, 2025

Bitcoin BTC $87,054.48 long term holder (LTH), supply has fallen to an eight month low of 14,342,207 BTC, a level last seen in May, which has coincided with bitcoin falling almost 40% from its OctobοΏ½...

CoreWeave collapse sparks fears of cracks in AI infrastructure boom

Crypto December 17, 2025

CoreWeave (CRWV) has seen its share price fall more than 60% from its June record amid growing concerns that the AI infrastructure boom may have peaked. New details reported Tuesday by the Wall StrοΏ½...