Saturday 5 September. The US printed 162,000 jobs in August, about three times the wait. Bitcoin lost $80,000. Ether sits near $2,450. Spot Bitcoin ETFs still took cash this week. Ether ETFs broke a 12-day streak. That is the wire. Not a story about “risk-off”.

We file it beside yesterday’s jobs piece and the Bitcoin break. The 10-year toward 4.80%. The Fed less eager to cut. CPI on 11 September. The FOMC on 15–16 September.

Markets

Bitcoin: a break under $80,000 after an intraday look above $81,000, a Bloomberg low of $79,197. Ether: a softer tape, more beta. US spot Bitcoin ETFs: a strong Thursday, on the order of $731 million, a week that later sums near $987 million. Ether ETFs: $48 million of outflows on 2 September after $1.62 billion over 12 sessions.

DeFi loans against wrapped bitcoin: $8.12 billion of TVL, 91% utilisation, Aave in front. Mining: hashprice near $40.10 per PH per day, hashrate near 936 EH/s, a retarget estimated Saturday. Stablecoins: the peg holds. That is their job.

Elsewhere

Paris prosecutors: an 18-year-old charged and jailed, suspected in the DGFiP theft tied to ZeroBytes. Robinhood Chain: a sequencer pause of a few minutes. CLARITY: the Senate is back, the text is still not a law. In Europe, MiCA already applies.

162,000 jobs. A round number lost. ETFs that still take Bitcoin. Ether that pauses. File it. Do not sell Monday.— The newsroom

What is held, what is not

  • Held: payrolls, the $80,000 break, the ETF split between Bitcoin and ether, the Paris charging, the Robinhood pause.
  • Not held: a crash. A Fed cut. A CLARITY vote. A buy or a sell.

A Saturday wire does not owe you a thesis. It owes you the order of facts. Monday will add CPI week. We will be there.

Sources: BLS, Bloomberg, SoSoValue, L2BEAT, Paris prosecutors via BFMTV. Nothing here is investment advice.