Morning Edition · Sunday, June 21, 2026
A Resilient US Jobs Market Keeps Reading as a Negative for Bitcoin
Falling jobless claims reduce the case for interest-rate cuts, and under the new Federal Reserve leadership that translates into pressure on risk assets.
Strong news for American workers keeps arriving at an inconvenient moment for Bitcoin. Initial jobless claims fell by 4,000 to 226,000 for the week ending June 13, keeping layoffs in the historically low range that has held for most of the…
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New Fed Chair Scraps Forward Guidance for a Hawkish Regime
Over the coming months, the Warsh-led Fed's elimination of forward guidance and the dot plot, paired with a hawkish tilt toward hikes, injects real-rate and liquidity uncertainty that pressures risk assets including Bitcoin.
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