Bitcoin Tops $65K as Weak US Jobs Data Boosts Rate Cut Bets
The payroll shock eased September rate-hike expectations, supporting risk appetite, while the participation-driven unemployment drop showed the report was not uniformly strong.
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The payroll shock eased September rate-hike expectations, supporting risk appetite, while the participation-driven unemployment drop showed the report was not uniformly strong.
The downside surprise raises recession concerns and complicates the Federal Reserve's next move, putting Treasury yields, rate expectations and risk appetite in focus.
The law the Senate didn't pass this week held LedgerX whole through FTX. With 50+ firms tokenizing on rails the US hasn't codified, the gap between activity and law is the risk.
The warning exposes a central trade-off in stablecoin adoption: crypto can reach daily spending through Visa, but that route preserves dependence on traditional payment rails.
Regulatory delay risks pushing the tokenization boom toward established Wall Street firms while investors and crypto businesses wait for clearer US rules.
Trump's framing moves crypto beyond price speculation and into a debate over payment adoption, the dollar and US economic strength.
Polymarket odds for the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 dropped to roughly 30% as the September rescheduling pulled a key tailwind off the XRP trade.
The ruling clears the way for Michigan regulators to pursue enforcement against Coinbase's planned sports event contracts, dealing a significant legal setback to the exchange's prediction-market…
The jobs signal puts the Fed's reaction, rate-cut odds and real yields at the center of Bitcoin's support test into the long weekend.
The payrolls print is only half the signal: Treasury yields will show whether easing hopes can lift Bitcoin or a hawkish Fed keeps it in the range that has held since May.
The proprietary-only registration gives Wintermute a regulated route into ETF creation and redemption, with tokenized stocks as a later target subject to further approvals.
The argument shifts the policy question from Bitcoin's status to the rules governing the rest of the digital-asset market.
The dispute adds governance uncertainty to Ondo's role in tokenizing real-world assets, putting leadership continuity in focus.
The bullish thesis depends on confirmation, while dwindling odds of the Clarity Act passing this year remove a potential regulatory tailwind.
A credible de-escalation could ease geopolitical risk and support risk assets, but the statement included no timeline or ceasefire announcement.
The bill would draw the formal SEC-CFTC jurisdictional line for digital assets and resolve years of turf-war ambiguity. The delay keeps that uncertainty in place through Q3.
If adopted, the proposal would make the tax consequences of Trump's crypto divestment part of the broader ethics and crypto-regulation debate.
The bill now faces a three-week September window to resolve major bipartisan disputes, putting its 2026 path to enactment under pressure.
The delay extends uncertainty over US crypto oversight and leaves institutions waiting for a clearer legislative framework.
A bipartisan divestment provision is now the linchpin of the first comprehensive federal crypto bill, tying the president's personal financial interests directly to the legislation's fate.