🔥 Labor market is HOT — good or bad for crypto?

The Ethereum Foundation just hit its 70,000 ETH staking target — plus why most crypto privacy models are failing, and a quantum-resistant blockchain goes live. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Friday, April 3, 2026 U.S. March jobs smash expectations, with 178,000 added Nonfarm payrolls blew past the 48,000 estimate, a sharp reversal from February's -92,000 print. Bitcoin continued to trade near $67,000 following the report. A strong labor market complicates the case for rate cuts — a headwind for risk assets — but may also signal economic resilience that supports longer-term crypto adoption. Read the full story → Sponsored by GenZcash Encryption Supremacy: Zcash and privacy in the age of scale Most crypto privacy models weaken as blockchain data grows — but encryption-based approaches like Zcash strengthen. This CoinDesk Research report maps all five major privacy architectures and examines the widening gap as AI capabilities improve. Read the report → Ethereum Ethereum Foundation stakes another $93 million in ether, reaching its 70,000 ETH target The foundation deposited the bulk of its remaining staking commitment in a single session, completing a program announced in February to turn dormant treasury holdings into a yield-generating position — locking up over $140 million in network security. Read more → Consensus by CoinDesk Join CoinDesk at Consensus Miami, where agentic commerce, crypto at scale, and institutional integration are redefining the future of finance. Save 20% with the code HEADLINES Get your pass → Know someone who should be reading this? Share this newsletter See all of CoinDesk's newsletters    CoinDesk, Inc., 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York,NY,10011,USA, Unsubscribe Manage Preferences   Copyright © 2026 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.