The signals from the economy are pretty mixed right now. You've got companies freezing hiring, layoffs picking up steam—but somehow unemployment is still hovering near all-time lows. Weird disconnect, right? Meanwhile, market sentiment around the US economy has gone pretty sour.

It's one of those moments where the numbers don't quite add up on the surface. Job market tightness versus rising job losses. Low unemployment versus companies cutting costs. This kind of economic uncertainty tends to ripple through crypto and broader markets too.

Podcast deep dive coming on this.