U.S. Job Growth Surpasses Expectations in April, Impacting Bitcoin and Nasdaq Futures

The United States reported an increase of 115,000 jobs in April, exceeding economist predictions of 62,000. According to NS3.AI, the March payroll growth was adjusted to 185,000 from an initial 178,000, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%. Following the job report, Bitcoin was trading close to $80,200, and Nasdaq 100 futures experienced a rise of 0.9%. This data comes after the Federal Reserve's decision last week to maintain the fed funds rate range between 3.50% and 3.75%.