Bitcoin Trades Mostly Sideways Even as US Hiring Surged in March

Strong hiring numbers published on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing a 228,000 jump in hiring activity failed to shake the dominant cryptocurrency from a sideways trend.

Bitcoin traded within a range of $81,282.10 to $84,696.15, and at the time of reporting, BTC was valued at $83,161.37, an increase of 2.22% over the past day but a decline of 1.19% over the last week. Trading volume fell by 21.28% to $42.5 billion, suggesting subdued market participation, while bitcoin’s market capitalization slightly increased by 1.92% to $1.65 trillion.

( BTC price / Trading View)

BTC dominance currently stands at 62.68%, a marginal decrease of 0.19% over the past day, indicating that while bitcoin remains the market leader, altcoins are beginning to capture more attention.

( BTC dominance / Trading View)

Futures open interest, a measure of leveraged positions, is at $52.23 billion, down 2.43% over the last 24 hours. Additionally, Coinglass data reveals that total liquidations reached $9.23 million in the past day, with long liquidations at $5.53 million and short liquidations at $3.70 million, suggesting that a mix of both bullish and bearish bets missed the mark.

March payroll data shows 228,000 jobs were added to the economy, exceeding analyst expectations of 130,000. However, unemployment also ticked up to 4.2%, an increase of 0.1% from February’s 4.1%.

(Hiring went up in March, but so did unemployment / U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Bitcoin, in its capacity as a risk asset, tends to appreciate in low-interest rate environments, but Friday’s better-than-expected job data may delay any potential rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve in the near term.

Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, has described bitcoin as an “isolation hedge” that counteracts the negative effects of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs announced Wednesday afternoon.

“Over the last 36 hours I think we can also add ‘U.S. isolation’ hedge to the list of bitcoin uses,” Kendrick explained.

“A break back above the critical $85K level looks likely today, post payrolls. That opens up a move back to the $88.5K pre-tariff level from Wednesday, likely this weekend,” he added.

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