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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Surbhi Khanna

Bitcoin climbs above $61,000 as weak US jobs data fuels Fed rate cut hopes

Bitcoin climbed above the $61,000 mark and the recovery was led by macro data, as weaker U.S. jobs numbers increased expectations that the Federal Reserve may shift toward a less restrictive policy stance. The cryptocurrency was trading at $61,739 mark.

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin was up 2.80% and Ethereum was up 6.24% to trade at $1,716 mark. Among the major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and Cardano gained upto 6.68%.

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