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Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data

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U.S. stock index futures were also gaining as oil fell more than 3% and yields continued to ease from recent highs.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust

    This price moves with the crypto market

  • COIN Coinbase

    The crypto exchange moves with trading volumes

  • MSTR Strategy

    This company's value is tied to its bitcoin holdings

  • MARA MARA Holdings

    Bitcoin miners move with the bitcoin price

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • RIOT Riot Platforms

    Bitcoin miners move with the bitcoin price

  • HOOD Robinhood

    Retail trading apps move with crypto volumes

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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COIN———————
MSTR———————
MARA———————
XOM———————
CVX———————
RIOT———————
HOOD———————
OXY———————
COP———————

Price since this story was published: United States Oil Fund (USO)

Since the first closing price after “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +11.68%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.08% over the same days, a +12.76% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +6.89%, a +4.79% difference versus that group of stocks.

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United States Oil Fund (USO) filings in this energy story

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).

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Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” 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

    United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data.” 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 2 Oct 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data.” 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

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” 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

  • BE Bloom Energy

    For “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data.” 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 rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” 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

    In “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data,” the 2 Oct 2026 Energy story.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is here too. Its reason reads: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

The price range for United States Oil Fund (USO), and the dates in the story

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.

How strong the case is around United States Oil Fund (USO)

100 out of 100

“Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data” scores 100 out of 100. The score uses 10 linked companies.