The Rundown — October 1, 2026
THE WORLD · OCTOBER 1, 2026
What's going on right now, in one place. The ↗ links out to the original source; the item's own text turns into a link only once it becomes a full entry here.
Business & markets
- The Dow falls 443.87 points (0.86%) to 50,906.05 and the S&P 500 slips 0.25% to 7,651.54 on September 30, while the Nasdaq edges up 0.24% to 26,861.06, even as the August PCE report — the Fed's preferred inflation gauge — came in cooler than expected. ↗
- September closes with the S&P 500 down 0.5% and the Dow off 4.3% for the month, but the third quarter still finishes in the black: the S&P 500 up 2% and the Nasdaq up 2.5%, while the Dow lagged with a 2.7% quarterly loss. ↗
Bitcoin & crypto
- Bitcoin ends Thursday, October 1 essentially flat near $83,554 as its post-PCE rally fades, keeping it inside the recent $82,500–$85,000 range. ↗
- Ethereum holds around $2,695–$2,713 the same morning, ticking up slightly even as bitcoin trades sideways. ↗
Space
- NASA's Crew-13 launches today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 40, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins (commander) and Luke Delaney (pilot), Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the ISS for a roughly six-month stay as part of Expedition 75/76. ↗
- SpaceX also flies its Transporter-18 rideshare mission today from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lofting 45 small satellites for customers in 20 countries into sun-synchronous orbit via Exolaunch. ↗
Science
- The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements open Monday, with Physiology or Medicine first on October 5 and Economic Sciences last on October 12, and this year's award raised to 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.21 million) per discipline. ↗