
Bitcoin Holds Steady as Weak July Jobs Report Fuels Rate-Cut Bets
Bitcoin and Ethereum climbed Friday morning after a surprisingly weak July jobs report raised hopes for Fed rate cuts, even as options traders quietly hedge against a pullback.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum climbed Friday morning after a surprisingly weak July jobs report raised hopes for Fed rate cuts, even as options traders quietly hedge against a pullback.

Bitcoin held firm above $64,000 on Thursday as easing geopolitical risk around the Strait of Hormuz and a soft US jobs report lifted risk appetite, while fresh institutional inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs — led by BlackRock's IBIT — added further support.

Bitcoin and Ethereum climb on fresh ETF inflows and Middle East diplomacy optimism, even as the $100M+ Coldcard hardware wallet exploit keeps rattling the self-custody community.

A Coldcard firmware bug drained millions from self-custody wallets, while Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time in years to fund dividends — two stories reshaping how US investors think about custody risk and corporate treasury behavior.

American Bitcoin posted a smaller Q2 loss and a growing Bitcoin reserve, even as Washington's CLARITY Act stalls ahead of the Senate's summer recess — leaving US crypto markets caught between improving fundamentals and regulatory limbo.

A divided Federal Reserve and the largest hardware wallet exploit in Bitcoin's history collided this week, testing investor nerves as US spot ETFs swung into outflows and Bitcoin defended key technical support.

Bitcoin and Ether dropped more than 3% today as fear crept back into crypto markets, while the CLARITY Act — America's flagship market-structure bill — has just days left before the Senate's summer recess shuts its 2026 window.

Bitcoin rallied above $64,700 as cooler US inflation data eased Fed rate-hike fears, while SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled the agency is ready to issue crypto rules independently of Congress.

The Fed's divided decision to hold rates steady and Morgan Stanley's launch of staking-enabled Ethereum and Solana ETPs are shaping US crypto sentiment this week — here's what both mean for investors.

Bitcoin holds near $64K as US regulatory uncertainty and this week's Fed decision collide, with the Senate sidelining the Clarity Act just as traders brace for a pivotal FOMC announcement.

Bitcoin pulls back ahead of the Fed's July 28–29 meeting as the CLARITY Act's chances of Senate passage in 2026 fade further.

Coinbase unveils its "AiFi" strategy for AI-agent payments just as Bitcoin heads into a week stacked with a Fed rate decision, major earnings, and a closing window for the CLARITY Act — a rare overlap of a long-term industry bet and short-term market risk.