All large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Thursday, with Ethereum seeing the biggest move, climbing 5.63% to $1,707.02. Cardano climbed 5.15% to 16 cents, while Solana rose 4.98% to $81.20. Sui and XRP climbed 4.49% to 75 cents and 4.22% to $1.10, respectively. Bitcoin rose 2.82% to $61,825.00, and Dogecoin climbed 2.82% to 7 cents. ...

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Reports in the Financial Times that China is preparing to commercialise Project mBridge, the multi-central bank platform that settles cross-border payments directly in digital currencies, have revived the familiar question of whether Beijing can loosen the dollar’s grip. The platform has now handled around $69bn in cross-border settlement, up from $55bn the ...

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The June US jobs report led with a softer-than-expected non-farm payroll growth number of 57,000 (consensus 113k) with 74,000 downward revisions to the past two months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% from 4.3%, but this was primarily caused by a big drop in the participation rate to 61.5% from 61.8% – ie not a good reason since it highlights worker ...

Ripple (XRP) grinds higher on Thursday, trading above $1.07. This comes after the remittance token tested support at $1.03 amid heavy selling pressure that has dominated the crypto market in recent weeks. Investors are showing fresh interest in risk assets amid reports that the just-concluded talks between the United States (US) and Iran yielded “positive ...

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Ethereum Institutional, a newly launched autonomous non-profit organization, has officially gone live. The purpose of Ethereum Institutional’s rollout is to expand Ethereum’s adoption across the institutional sector. As Ethereum Institutional revealed in its official X announcement, the development endeavors to establish a dedicated entity that assists ...

A cooler reading on payrolls in June, which broke a three-month hot streak, is still likely to keep Federal Reserve officials' full attention on inflation and extend the interest rate pause, while preserving the hawks' case for potential rate hikes later this year. The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June, fewer than expectations for 113,000 and down ...

In the week ending June 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 215,000 to 216,000. The 4-week moving average was 222,000, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's ...

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, dropped to 4.2%, and slightly ahead of the 4.1% where it was a year ago. The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June and revisions subtracted a combined 74,000 jobs from the previously reported figures for May and April. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.2%. Leisure and hospitality employment declined by 61,000 in June.

French authorities have documented 77 incidents involving kidnapping, illegal confinement, extortion, or attempted offenses connected to the cryptocurrency industry throughout 2026. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez disclosed these statistics during a June 30 presentation to the Association for the Development of Digital Assets. This figure represents a ...