Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

PANews, October 22: BNB Chain announced that the Jenner hard fork upgrade will go live on the BNB Smart Chain testnet on October 28. This upgrade will introduce the Payment Lane feature, reserving 5% of block gas capacity by default for eligible payment transactions; support millisecond-precision bl

CoinDesk reports:NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said demand for AI cloud infrastructure is "insanely high," even as investors grow increasingly concerned about the industry's debt-driven expansion.On Thursday, during an interview on CNBC’s “Morning Call,” Jensen Huang addressed concerns surrounding the bus

Honeywell reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.27 per share, exceeding the consensus estimate of $2.17. Revenue increased 1% from a year earlier to $4,994 million, below the $5,007 million consensus estimate. Honeywell International uses the Honeywell Technologies name after separating the

The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to allocate up to $389 million in R&D funding to four companies, sourced from the $10 billion semiconductor fund approved by Congress in 2022. The U.S. government will receive a minority equity stake with no control or voting rights. Helion received up to $1.75

CoinDesk reports:Key pointsRipple Prime participated in DTCC’s Institutional Tokenization Working Group.BlackRock and JPMorgan participated in completed production environment test transactions for securities tokenization.DTCC has not yet confirmed integration with the XRP Ledger for settlement.Ripp

Meta Platforms plans to introduce non-voting Class C shares for capital raising, employee compensation, potential acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. Meta announced the proposal alongside third-quarter results as the company increases spending on AI. Meta declared a one-time dividend

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Thursday that memory supply is unlikely to exceed demand by 2029, despite the past week's decline in memory stocks. Huang spoke during an interview at Nvidia's GTC Berlin conference. Huang argued that users can always benefit from additional memory. Huang said HBM, a typ

ChainCatcher report: The BNB Chain development team has announced that the BNB Smart Chain testnet will undergo the Jenner hard fork upgrade on October 28. Validators, node operators, block builders, and application developers should begin preparing for the upgrade.The Jenner upgrade includes the Pa

ChainCatcher report: Meta Platforms' credit risk indicators have surged to record highs, while bond prices have declined. The company plans to increase capital expenditures, sparking market concerns over rising debt from AI infrastructure investments. The five-year credit default swap spread has ris

CoinDesk reports:Pittsburgh, October 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MSA Safety Inc. (NYSE: MSA) today announced that it is pleased to partner with one of the largest utility providers in the northeastern United States. The utility company is investing in connected technologies to support employee safety a

This roundup covers stock market developments for Thursday, October 22. Stock futures declined in the morning, dragged lower by Meta Platforms and Tesla after earnings. Brent crude rose 2% to roughly $111 per barrel amid concern about worsening Middle East tensions. Bond yields declined.Nvidia CEO J

Dmytro Spilka argues that investors can hedge hyperscaler spending volatility by holding companies that supply AI infrastructure. Spilka argues that these investments can provide short-term resilience while retaining exposure to the continuing AI buildout. Spilka sees supporting infrastructure proje

DWF Labs found that daily flows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) respond to earlier Bitcoin price changes rather than reliably predict future returns. DWF published the research on Thursday. The study examined 694 trading days beginning in January 2024, when Bitcoin ETFs launched in

Kinder Morgan executives said strong customer demand is supporting a record U.S. natural gas project backlog and additional expansion opportunities across the company's pipeline network. Kinder Morgan's overall project backlog grew from $9.6 billion to $14.4 billion during the quarter. Kinder Morgan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's AI computing systems could preserve enough value to support financing and potentially alter how lenders assess infrastructure investments. Huang discussed the increasing tradability of AI computing capacity in a Wednesday interview with Yahoo Finance's Deir