Jobs Report Adds to Bitcoin Pain -- Market Talk

Dow Jones06-05 23:23

1123 ET - The streak of negative trading for bitcoin looks to continue for the foreseeable future, thanks to a stronger jobs report that all but eliminates the possibility of an interest-rate cut in the near term. This morning, May payrolls were reported at 172,000 against an 85,000 consensus, with the prior months revised up 93,000. "Strong jobs data kills the rate-cut narrative," says Nicolai Sondergaard of Nansen in a note. "Bitcoin, already down 15% and sitting on uncleared leveraged longs, has no macro catalyst to recover into, and Middle East tensions are keeping risk appetite soft across markets." Bitcoin is down 4.4% to $60,824. (kirk.maltais@wsj.com)

 

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