#USNFPBlowout The #USNFPBlowout: Why “Bad News” Is Actually Good News, and What It Really Means for Your Crypto Portfolio

Date: February 13, 2026

If you blinked, you missed it. Or worse—you panic-sold.

This week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics finally dropped the delayed January Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report, and the numbers were nothing short of a macroeconomic curveball. The market added 130,000 new jobs—nearly double the 66,000 consensus forecast—while unemployment unexpectedly ticked down to 4.3% .

In the old world (say, 12 months ago), this would have been a "risk-off" death knell for crypto. Higher-for-longer rates, a surging Dollar, and immediate pain for Bitcoin.$BNB