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Story: Canada Adds 75,000 Jobs in July While US Loses 23,000, Bitcoin Holds at $65K

By Julie Binoche

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American Payrolls Miss Hard, Fed Faces Pressure. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put US payrolls at minus 23,000 for July.

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Coinbase Canada's "Everything Exchange" and the Stablecoin Act. The labor story connects to something bigger happening in Canadian crypto regulation.

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What the Divergence Means for Crypto Firms. US markets still carry deeper liquidity. That's not changing anytime soon, and Canadian crypto…

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Canada's labor market just blew past every forecast. Statistics Canada said the country added 75,000 jobs in July — five times what economists had penciled in — while the US…

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The numbers came in hard and fast. Economists had expected Canada to add roughly 15,000 jobs. The actual figure was 75,000.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics put US payrolls at minus 23,000 for July. Economists had been calling for gains somewhere between 80,000 and 90,000.

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Canada's central bank faces a cleaner picture. A Bank of Canada rate hike before 2027 seems basically off the table at this point.

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The labor story connects to something bigger happening in Canadian crypto regulation. Coinbase Canada CEO Eric Richmond laid out a vision in July for what he called an…

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Those rules are coming. Canada's Stablecoin Act, part of Budget 2025's Bill C-15, will put Bank of Canada oversight on fiat-backed stablecoin issuers.

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Related: Bitcoin Breaks $65,000 but $69,000 Wall Holds as Jobs Data Looms

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Canada's been ahead on this stuff before. The Toronto Stock Exchange launched the world's first spot Bitcoin ETF back in 2021, well before US regulators came around to the idea.

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Not everything is smooth, though. British Columbia moved to ban new grid connections for crypto mining operations.

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Canadian unemployment at 6.4% is still above what most economists call full employment. That's worth keeping in mind.

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Related: Bitcoin Hits $65,340 as Weak July Jobs Data Kills September Rate Hike Bets

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The finance and professional services job gains are probably the most relevant data point for crypto specifically.

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