🔐 END-OF-DAY MARKET REPORT — Friday, October 2, 2026 ━━━ 🌐 TOP NEWS OF THE DAY U.S. September payrolls rose 29K vs 84K expected; unemployment hit 4.2%. October hike odds nearly vanished and yields fell. Trump sent 9K troops to the Middle East and warned of a possible Iran-linked attack. Oil fell: WTI ~89.4 $, Brent ~99.9 $. CLARITY Act failed 49-50; SEC proposed crypto custody rules. September hacks totaled ~766M $, including ~387M $ from Bitget. BTC's nine-day ETF inflow streak (~3.1B $) ended Sept. 30 with a 149M $ outflow. ━━━ ₿ BITCOIN $BTC rose ~3% to 86,500 $, driven by short covering, a weaker dollar and lower yields. Open interest rose 2.3B $, but sustainability is unconfirmed. 85,000 $ is first defense; 82,000 $ key support. Above 87,500 $ could accelerate momentum. BTC gained ~42% in Q3 and dominance neared 60%, but remains ~28% below a year ago. ━━━ 🔷 ETHEREUM & ALTCOINS $ETH broke 2,600 $ and settled near 2,740-2,750 $, up ~11.9% monthly vs BTC's 9.6%. SOL rose ~4% to 122 $, XRP ~3.5% to 1.53 $. NEAR ETF drew 14M $. ━━━ 📋 KEY CRYPTO NEWS NEAR Intents suffered a ~3.8M $ attack; users will reportedly be fully compensated. Evernorth approved a 1B $ XRP treasury plan. Ethereum removed a staking-reward burn proposal from Hegota. ━━━ 🔓 TOKEN UNLOCKS DoubleZero (2Z) — Oct. 2 ~1.66B 2Z, ~113M $ Pressure: 🔴 One-year cliff; weekly vesting follows through 2029. Ethena (ENA) — Oct. 5 ~1.41B ENA, estimated 210-240M $ — ~14% of supply Pressure: 🟡 Figures are unconfirmed; transferability does not mean selling. ━━━ 🔭 OUTLOOK AND UPCOMING EVENTS Weak jobs are being priced as rate relief. Recession fears could reverse risk appetite. BTC above 85,000 $ opens 87,500 $; losing 82,000 $ would suggest mainly mechanical short-covering. ETF flows are key. Iran tensions affect inflation via oil; escalation could lift oil and pressure crypto. Oct. 6 marks one year since BTC's peak; BTC remains ~31% below it.