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Bitcoinist 2026-03-29 12:00:14

How Weakening US Labor Data Could Impact Bitcoin Market — Report

The global macro environment has been one of the major defining factors in Bitcoin and the broader crypto market so far this year. From the brewing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East to the rising inflation expectations in the United States, the global financial markets have barely caught a break in 2026. A prominent market expert has come forward with interesting US labor data, breaking down how the rising macroeconomic pressure could impact Bitcoin and the broader financial markets. Macro Shock Could Trigger Risk-Off Behavior Among BTC Investors In a March 28th post on the X platform, Alphractal founder and CEO shared that the participation of the United States labor force has been in a steep decline over the past few weeks. According to the crypto pundit, the Labor Force Participation is one of the most underrated macroeconomic signals in the current market landscape. Wedson highlighted the major trends of the Labor Force Participation over the last two decades and its impact on the S&P 500 index. According to the highlighted data, participation reached its peak around 2000, before collapsing during 2008 financial crisis, briefly recovering, and then falling to historic lows during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the labor force participation rate dwindled, the S&P 500 soon followed despite its initial show of resilience. The same can be seen for Bitcoin in the chart below, which seemed to succumb to the macro stress each time the LFP suffered a nosedive. Wedson noted that, before the “liquidity” flood sent the Bitcoin price to new highs, the market leader initially fell to cycle lows as the labor participation crashed during the COVID lockdown in 2020. What’s different now is that there’s no obvious liquidity fuel to take advantage in the current labor participation plunge. Wedson wrote in his post: A falling participation rate means fewer people working, less consumption, weaker real economic output. The stock market can diverge from that reality for a while but not forever. According to the Alphractal founder, the specific risk for Bitcoin is a macro shock that triggers a risk-off behavior among investors, with most market participants fleeing to safety before the next accumulation phase begins. And, as rightly baked in the steadily-declining Coinbase Premium, the demand for BTC among US investors seems to be in a steady downturn. Bitcoin Price Overview As of this writing, the flagship cryptocurrency is valued at around $66,750, reflecting a roughly 1% jump in the past 24 hours. The single-day action has not been enough to wipe out losses from the past week, which still stand at more than 5%.

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