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Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress

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Separate reports from Axios and CBS suggest some positive movement in U.S.-Iran negotiations.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • FRO Frontline

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • INSW International Seaways

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    Oil prices move when Iranian supply is at risk

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    Energy companies move with Iran supply risk

  • IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust

    This price moves with the crypto market

  • COIN Coinbase

    The crypto exchange moves with trading volumes

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • DAL Delta Air Lines

    Airlines pay more for fuel when oil prices jump

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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INSW———————
DHT———————
TNK———————
USO———————
XLE———————
IBIT———————
COIN———————
XOM———————
DAL———————

United States Oil Fund (USO) compared with energy stocks (XLE) since 25 Sep 2026

Since the first closing price after “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +7.21%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.15% over the same days, a +7.06% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +9.14%, a -1.94% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Disclosure records for United States Oil Fund (USO) within two months of 25 Sep 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

How busy Middle East has been lately

Middle East has 0 linked stories in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress.”

United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies mentioned with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 25 Sep 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    In “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    In “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 25 Sep 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress.” Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 25 Sep 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress.” Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How a Middle East shock reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

On 25 Sep 2026, “Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress” is the story that connects United States Oil Fund (USO) to Middle East.

The link for United States Oil Fund (USO) is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

A second company, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), is listed for a different reason: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

100 out of 100

“Live updates: Bitcoin moves to $84,000, oil slides on latest report of Middle East progress” scores 100 out of 100. The score uses 10 linked companies.