Weak Jobs Data Sends Bitcoin Above $65K as Fed Rate Hike Odds Collapse
Bitcoin surged above $65,000 on August 8 as markets responded to a significantly weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report for July, prompting investors to reassess Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations. The nonfarm payrolls data showed 23,000 jobs lost instead of the 80,000 new positions economists had anticipated, a miss that rippled through risk asset markets and reignited demand…
