Bitcoin crossed $61,000 after the Fed Chair softened on inflation. One jobs report ends this.
Kevin Warsh gave bitcoin its first real catalyst in weeks. Whether it holds comes down to this morning's payrolls.
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- →Bitcoin gained 4.1% to above $61,000 on Thursday, July 2, after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh made his first notably softer inflation comment since a hawkish June rate outlook set off weeks of U.S. bitcoin ETF outflows.
- →The rally diverged sharply from Asian tech equities, which fell on AI chip demand concerns, suggesting bitcoin is pricing Fed rate expectations rather than broad risk sentiment right now.
- →Today's U.S. payrolls report (July 3) is the deciding factor: strong jobs data keeps the Fed restrictive and stalls the rally, a soft print extends it.
- hawkish → A central bank stance that favors higher interest rates to fight inflation; the opposite, dovish, means favoring rate cuts.
- ETF outflows → When investors withdraw cash from a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, reducing buying pressure and often pushing the price lower.
Bitcoin hit $61,000 on Thursday, up 4.1% per CoinDesk. The catalyst is named: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh told the ECB's Sintra forum that inflation risks had eased.
That is his first notably softer comment since a hawkish June rate outlook set off weeks of outflows from U.S. bitcoin ETFs. If you've been watching the ETF data, this is the comment that changes the calculus, for now.
The move diverged from Asian equities. South Korea's Kospi dropped 7.9% as Samsung and SK Hynix lost a combined $290 billion in market value, per Bloomberg data cited by CoinDesk. This is the second such Kospi decline this month. AI chip demand concerns drove both moves.
Bitcoin's low this week was $58,200. Thursday's $61,000 print is its firmest level in over a week.
The only number that matters today is U.S. payrolls. Strong jobs data gives the Fed cover to stay restrictive. A soft print revives rate-cut bets. The tape is waiting.
Institutional desks that pulled from bitcoin ETFs through June should have re-entered on Warsh's first dovish signal, not held back for a jobs print that can flip the thesis in either direction.
Watch for the U.S. payrolls print this morning, July 3: a reading below 150,000 non-farm jobs that pushes BTC above $63,000 by close of business today confirms the Warsh pivot as the new directional driver.
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