Weak jobs report kills rate-hike fears — buy the Bitcoin relief rally
A terrible jobs report means the Fed probably won't raise interest rates, which is pushing investors out of boring safe assets and into riskier plays. Bitcoin is already breaking back above $63,000 as big institutional money floods back in.
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The June jobs report was abysmal — only 57,000 jobs added versus 115,000 expected — which immediately killed the market's fear of near-term rate hikes and sent bond yields tumbling. When borrowing costs are expected to stay low, investors tend to rotate into higher-risk, higher-reward assets like bitcoin. We can already see this rotation happening: bitcoin reclaimed $63,000 on July 4th, and spot bitcoin ETFs snapped a 10-day outflow streak with $222 million in fresh inflows. The combination of a dovish Fed setup and renewed institutional bitcoin buying gives this trade a strong macro and micro tailwind.
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- US bitcoin ETFs break 10-day negative streak with $222 million worth of inflows — The Block
- Bonds Rally as Weak Jobs Report Dims Fed Rate-Hike Expectations — Bloomberg
- Bitcoin jumps above $63,000, reversing end-June losses — CoinDesk
- U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% — CNBC