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May jobs report explained: Why 172, 000 jobs means higher rates, pricier loans, and a Bitcoin drop
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (514+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. A jobs report this strong sounds like good news right up until you follow it through to the Fed, where it closes the door on the rate cuts that…...
Bitcoin price craters to $60, 000 as BTC bulls get jobs report they were hoping to avoid
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1388+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. The May payrolls beat was hawkish enough to pressure crypto, while government hiring and cooler yearly wage growth keep the second interpretation from being one-way. Bitcoin fell after the…...
Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrolls
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1055+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. Bitcoin is facing another macro test as the jobs market threatens to scramble rate expectations again. At 10 a. m. ET on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Job Openings…...
New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (862+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. A cooler monthly PCE print gave markets a reason to breathe, while the annual number gave the Fed a reason to stay frozen. Headline PCE inflation rose 3. 8% in April…...
The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize - So where does Bitcoin fit in?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1220+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. America's debt machine is growing so quickly that financial markets are starting to question who will keep buying the trillions of dollars in new Treasury bonds. The US Treasury…...
The Fed's rate lever is breaking as bond markets stop following its lead
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (1293+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. For decades, the Fed shaped the economy by moving interest rates, but a bond market overwhelmed by debt and inflation is starting to ignore its signals. For decades, the…...
Bitcoin avoided an inflation shock, now it has to prove the rally isn't over
1+ week, 1+ day ago (921+ words) Track prediction markets, category trends, live odds, and reviewed market sites. PCE came in broadly as expected, giving Bitcoin a macro stabilizer after its slide below $75, 000, but bulls need a move back toward $80, 000 to prove this is a reset. The…...
The Fed may open direct settlement rails to crypto firms as banks warn of liquidity risk
1+ week, 5+ day ago (891+ words) The Fed is considering a new kind of payment account that could let crypto firms bypass the banks they have depended on for years. You never see the most important part of any of your payments. When an app says…...
Fed minutes turn Bitcoin's rate-cut trade into a hike-risk problem
1+ week, 6+ day ago (776+ words) Bitcoin's 2026 bull case rested on one assumption: that the Fed's next serious move would be a cut, but Wednesday's minutes made clear that assumption is no longer safe. Cover art/illustration via Crypto Slate. Image includes combined content which may…...
Bitcoin's Fed cut trade flips as bond market turns into the risk
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1058+ words) Bond traders are now pricing in a Fed rate hike this year, while stocks are moving sharply against Treasury yields, a macro shift that threatens Bitcoin's liquidity-driven recovery. Cover art/illustration via Crypto Slate. Image includes combined content which may…...