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Bob McGrew, former research chief at OpenAI, has raised $230 million at a $1.5 billion valuation for his AI manufacturing startup Arda, the company told CNBC in an exclusive interview Tuesday. The funding round was led by Altimeter Capital, Accel and Khosla Ventures. Arda develops AI software to

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to stop purchasing and remove products developed by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from government IT systems over national security concerns. The order, published in the Federal Register, extends beyond DeepSeek's own products

Grvt announced on October 20, 2026 that the Foundation's token issuer completed its first GRVT token buyback, burning 1.1 million tokens. The self-custodial trading platform, built on its own zero-knowledge chain, stated the transaction permanently removed close to 1% of GRVT's circulating supply at

CryptoTwitter influencer Richard Teng commented on research conducted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) examining the relationship between bank deposit rates and stablecoin growth. Teng stated that higher bank deposit rates may influence stablecoin adoption, though they represent

XRP lost approximately $61.14 billion in circulating market capitalization from October 19, 2025 to October 19, 2026, a 42.6% decline coinciding with Ripple-backed Evernorth Holdings entering Nasdaq on October 12 holding approximately 473 million XRP. The token's price declined approximately 45.5% f

Andre Dezigner, founder and CEO of CYCLE, explained in an interview published on September 30, 2026 why credibility must precede scale. The go-to-market operator works with Web3, AI, fintech and deep-tech companies. Dezigner's comments address findings Gartner published on September 22, 2026