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The BLS releases its jobs report for March (David McNew/Getty Images)

The unemployment rate rose to 3.6 against forecasts for it to hold steady at 3.4.

A persistently robust employment market has played a major role in capping asset prices, though a floor seems intact as well.

Alongside, the government reported the unemployment rate fell to 3.4, below the forecast of 3.6.

Bitcoin was steady in the immediate aftermath of the report at $16,750.