The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January, beating expectations of 70,000 and marking a sharp rebound from December’s revised gain of 48,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate also edged down to 4.3% from 4.4%, signaling continued labor market resilience at the start of the year.
That headline strength was tempered by major benchmark revisions. Payroll estimates from April 2024 through March 2025 were cut by about 898,000 jobs, slashing total nonfarm employment growth for 2025 from 584,000 to just 181,000. The revisions suggest last year’s labor market was far weaker than initially reported.
January hiring was driven by the private sector, which added 172,000 jobs, the strongest gain since late 2024. Health care led with 82,000 new positions, well above its 2025 monthly average, while social assistance added 42,000 and construction gained 33,000 after being mostly flat last year.
Losses were concentrated in government and finance. Federal employment fell by 34,000 and is down more than 10% since October 2024, while financial activities shed 22,000 jobs, led by insurance-related cuts.
Wages picked up momentum. Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% in January, pushing year over year wage growth to 3.7%, slightly above expectations.
Markets reacted positively despite the revisions. Equity futures climbed, gold rose to around $5,080 an ounce, and silver surged, reflecting relief that current hiring and wage trends remain solid even as past data was revised lower.
$BTC didn’t top on euphoria this time.
There was no retail mania, no vertical blow-off, no extreme greed across the board. The move felt controlled, driven more by positioning and institutional flows than emotional buying.
In past cycles, tops formed when everyone was convinced price could only go up. That kind of exhaustion hasn’t clearly appeared yet.
Either this is a slow distribution phase, or the real euphoric leg hasn’t happened.
If history is any guide, major tops don’t end quietly.
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0G Token Surges 3.82% as $88.88M Ecosystem Program and AI Partnership Drive Momentum
0GUSDT experienced a 3.82% price increase over the past 24 hours on Binance, rising from 0.523 to 0.543 USDT, likely driven by positive sentiment surrounding the completion of the Trusted Execution Environment protocol upgrade and recent announcements such as the $88.88 million ecosystem growth program and strategic partnership with AmericanFortress for AI privacy. Additional momentum may have come from ongoing technical developments and the project's visible presence at major industry events, including the World Economic Forum in Davos. The market has shown robust trading activity, with 24-hour volume reaching up to $30.04 million and market capitalization estimated between $116.43 million and $142.00 million, reflecting heightened interest and volatility in the asset.
Attention depreciation is real. When a project stops delivering adrenaline to the timeline, the market subconsciously marks it down — even if the underlying fundamentals are strengthening. That’s the phase I believe Plasma is in right now.
No loud influencer campaigns. No constant partnership banners. No daily excitement loops. In the eyes of many, silence equals decline. But pricing logic and real adoption rarely move in sync.
Behind that quiet surface, a different story is forming. MassPay, a payment orchestration platform handling billions, views Plasma as a backend for USD settlement flows. Custom gas tokens like USDT and even pBTC remove native-token friction. ZK-secured exits modernize the old Plasma design, reducing the risk narrative that once held it back. And unlike Rollups with hard fee floors, Plasma’s architecture pursues near-zero interaction cost — critical for high-frequency, real-world usage.
One track is losing market attention. The other is building merchant-level stickiness offline.
If 2026 delivers a measurable usage inflection, the market won’t debate — it will reprice.
I prefer watching silent infrastructure compound rather than chasing loud volatility.
Be patient. Time favors builders, not noise.
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Plasma: retail sends, institutions settle same chain, same speed. That’s the real ambition, because stablecoin money flow isn’t two separate worlds anymore. Retail needs a send button that doesn’t ask them to buy a gas token first. Institutions need settlement they can treat as final, with clean auditability and predictable failure modes.
Plasma is trying to meet both by making stablecoins the default: gasless style USDT transfers for simple sends, stablecoin first gas for smoother UX, and fast deterministic finality so “delivered” actually means settled. Developers don’t have to relearn everything either, because the environment stays EVM-native, so shipping looks familiar.
The hard part is execution. “Same speed” only matters if it stays consistent under congestion and real volume. If Plasma can hold reliability while scaling, 2026 stablecoin rails start to look less like crypto and more like global payments infrastructure.
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