Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

CoinDesk reports:Boots Group Finco L.P. and The Boots Group Luxco S.à r.l. (collectively, the "Co-Issuers") today announced that the previously disclosed consent solicitation has expired and the results have been published. The consent solicitation was directed to holders of their outstanding €650 m

Scalpers outside Apple's flagship Sanlitun store in Beijing offered customers an extra 3,000 Chinese yuan ($448) to immediately resell newly purchased iPhone Duo phones on Friday. Apple launched the Duo, the company's first foldable phone, globally that day. Initial demand in China appears strong de

This roundup covers a shift toward consumer staples, Meta Platforms' cash burn and General Motors' weekly stock decline. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund gained 11% in October through Friday. The fund was approaching the strongest monthly performance since the fund began trading in Decem

Verizon Communications will release third-quarter financial results Monday before the market opens amid growing investor concerns about competition from SpaceX's Starlink unit. Benzinga Pro data show analysts expect revenue of $34.74 billion, compared with $33.82 billion in last year's third quarter

California cities are restricting new data centers as state disclosure requirements fail to satisfy local opponents. Food & Water Watch, a Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental organization tracking proposals nationwide, counts at least 26 proposed or adopted resolutions, moratoriums or bans ac...

TL;DR: Solayer Pay says its card app now accepts supported stablecoin deposits from Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Base without an additional bridging step.Moving stablecoins from a crypto wallet to a payment card has often involved an awkward detour through another blockchain or exchange

XRP lost its gains toward $1.40 and has found itself at $1.33, with another recovery push or decline at the level.Buyers who manage to break through should be able to resume the trend toward $1.39 on a four-hour close above $1.37.Trading volume rose 38.68% to $2.47 billion as XRP fell, while $1.31 r

This roundup covers Friday's markets, including higher oil prices and SLB's earnings. Oil rose 4% to $103.38.SLB shares advanced around 7% after SLB released third-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations. SLB reported quarterly earnings of 64 cents per share, compared with the analyst con

CoinDesk reports:This is a first-person article based on an interview with Yonaton Keller, the 46-year-old product manager at Zafran Security in Tel Aviv, edited for length and clarity.At 6:30 AM on Wednesday, I woke up to multiple messages alerting me that two vulnerabilities had been disclosed in

Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm have launched Warhound, a stealth startup seeking to genetically engineer high-performance dogs for U.S. defense agencies and first responders. Warhound announced $200 million in seed funding and described plans on Thursday to rebuild domestic supplies for military, law en

What to KnowStellar completed its first regulated Treasury-backed repo transaction through Ascend Markets and M1X Global, using tokenized securities and USDC.Smart contracts executed 72 automated hourly loan rollovers, with total network fees remaining below one cent throughout the entire transactio

Irys [IRYS] surged nearly 580% over 24 hours on October 23, reaching around $0.144. A look at its daily chart showed that it recorded a session high near the $0.157 price area before it eased toward $0.142.The rally coincided with heavy losses for traders betting on a price decline. Data showed that

NewView recently partnered with Carta to make tender offers easier for startups to arrange. The partnership brings together NewView's secondary deal-structuring expertise and Carta's equity platform. NewView founder and managing partner Ravi Viswanathan presents the collaboration as a way for startu

CoinDesk reports:Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson expects Bitcoin to rise to $250,000 within the next two years, approximately triple its current price of around $82,000.Hoskinson stated in a recent interview that market rallies will also lift Cardano and its privacy-focused sidechain, Midnight.He

Rivian Automotive announced Thursday that Rivian acquired Third Dimension AI to improve autonomous driving technology and speed development of advanced driver-assistance systems. Rivian did not reveal financial terms for the October 22 acquisition. The transaction adds Third Dimension AI's 3D simula