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The Standard Chartered and Animoca Brands joint venture previously targeted retail access as early as the end of 2026, but its CEO declined to reaffirm that timeline. Standard Chartered-backed stablecoin venture Anchorpoint says it will take a cautious approach to opening its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin to retail users, declining to confirm a launch date after rival HSBC rolled out RedCoin, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/business/cryptocurrency/article/3372060/standard-chartered-led-anchorpoint-plans-retail-stablecoin-hsbc-redcoin-launches" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>according</a> to the South China Morning Post. The <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-animoca-brands-hong-kong-stablecoin-license" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">venture</a> released its institutional stablecoin product in August and previously <a href="https://anchorpoint.hk/faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>indicated</a> a retail offering could arrive as early as the end of 2026. Anchorpoint CEO Dominic Maffei declined to confirm that timeline at a Friday press conference, saying the company would take a prudent approach. “We believe it’s important to build the market out in a long-term, sustainable manner,” Maffei said, adding that rushing a launch “does not make sense.” The update comes after <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/hsbc-launches-redcoin-hong-kong-dollar-stablecoin-payme" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HSBC launched its Hong Kong dollar-backed RedCoin</a> on Friday for the 3.3 million users of its PayMe app. <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-animoca-brands-hong-kong-stablecoin-license" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anchorpoint grew out of a partnership</a> between Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands and telecommunications provider HKT, which was announced in February 2025, following their joint participation in Hong Kong’s stablecoin issuer sandbox in July 2024. Animoca’s role is to bring its blockchain expertise and industry network to the venture and help develop uses for the stablecoin across the Web3 ecosystem. <em><strong>Related: </strong></em><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/hashkey-begins-beta-distribution-of-hong-kong-regulated-hkdap-stablecoin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em><strong>HashKey begins beta distribution of Hong Kong-regulated HKDAP stablecoin</strong></em></a>
Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads
Google has carved out an exception to its long-standing promise not to use Gmail, Drive, and Google Photos content for advertising, quietly revising its <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US&client_theme=dark" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>privacy policy</a> so that data from those apps can help personalize ads when users connect it to the company’s AI features. The change, which took effect Oct. 16 and was first spotted by <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/google-personal-intelligence-privacy-3727111/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow external" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>Android Authority</a>, adds a conditional clause to a pledge Google has made for years. The updated policy now reads that Google doesn’t show personalized ads based on content from Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos “unless you choose to make data from these services available to other Google services that support personalized ads.” The catch hinges on Personal Intelligence, Google’s push to make its AI tools more useful by letting features like AI Mode in Search and Gemini draw on a user’s own data. Connecting Gmail, Drive or Photos to those tools delivers more tailored answers, such as surfacing a hotel reservation buried in an inbox. But under the revised wording, that same connected data can now also inform which ads a person sees. Google stressed the limits. Content from the three services still isn’t used for ad targeting by default, advertisers don’t get access to the contents of anyone’s Gmail, Drive or Photos, and the company says it won’t share personally identifying details without permission. In practice, that means Google isn’t scanning private emails and photos wholesale to sell ads, but users who opt into its AI conveniences may be trading some ad privacy for them. Users can opt out by disconnecting the apps under Connected Content apps in their Google Account’s Data & privacy settings, or by turning off personalized recommendations, though Android Authority noted that previously collected data may linger in a user’s Search history even after disconnecting. The quiet rollout echoes recent Google privacy posturing around its AI ambitions. As <i>Decrypt</i> reported in May, Google’s Chrome browser began <a href="https://decrypt.co/367060/chrome-quietly-installing-4gb-ai-model-computer" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>silently installing</a> a multi-gigabyte on-device AI model on users’ computers, and separately removed a privacy claim tied to its <a href="https://decrypt.co/367193/chrome-removes-privacy-claim-gemini-nano-google" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>Gemini Nano model</a>, both moves that drew scrutiny over how the company handles user data as it races to embed AI across its products. <span class="md:block">Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more. </span>
Anthropic's revenue reached $16.3 billion in one hour, a 12.5-fold increase year-over-year.
According to Bijie.com, Anthropic's revenue over the past hour reached $16.3 billion, a 12.5-fold increase compared with $1.2 billion in the same period last year.
Anthropic had a net loss of $80.7 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2026, and Anthropic may be unable to achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
According to CoinWorld news, Anthropic's net loss for the six months ending June 30, 2026, was $80.7 billion, and Anthropic may be unable to achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
Anthropic files SEC prospectus, AI lab moves toward historic fundraising.
CoinWorld news: Anthropic today filed its SEC prospectus, marking a significant step for its AI lab toward a historic fundraising.
Brazil's 5-year credit default swap surged to 151.67 basis points.
According to a CoinWorld report, S&P Global Market Intelligence data shows that Brazil's 5-year credit default swap (CDS) surged from 120.21 basis points at last Friday's close to 151.67 basis points.
SpaceX signs $40 billion AI computing power financing lease agreement, betting on Nvidia chips.
According to CoinWorld news, SpaceX has signed an AI computing infrastructure financing lease agreement worth $40 billion with Apollo Global Management, aimed at bringing in Nvidia's latest Vera Rubin chips, highlighting its strategic ambition to expand into the field of artificial intelligence. The agreement is expected to close before the end of this year, with a lease term of about five years and delivery in batches. A number of top financial institutions are participating, including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and KKR. This financing will provide hardware support for SpaceX's computing expansion plan, showing that the company regards AI capabilities as a strategic-level asset.
Tether establishes the FASE Foundation in Switzerland, focusing on financial fraud prevention.
CoinWorld news: Tether has announced the establishment of the FASE Foundation, a Swiss non-profit organization, with founding participants including Bybit, Kraken, Chainalysis, Anchorage Digital, Solana Foundation, and other institutions. The foundation will focus on projects such as financial fraud prevention, financial inclusion, and assistance for victims of human trafficking, and will collaborate with Prosper Global to explore the use of stablecoins for delivering humanitarian aid, with an initial pilot program planned to reach up to 1 million people. In addition, the foundation plans to provide digital safety education and anti-fraud tools to up to 10 million young people.
Anthropic has applied to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol $ANT.
CoinWorld news: Anthropic has announced that it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol $ANT.
Tether has established the FASE Foundation with Kraken, Bybit, and others, aiming to provide humanitarian aid to 1 million people.
Tether announced the establishment of FASE (Financial Access and Systemic Empowerment Foundation), a Swiss non-profit foundation, together with Kraken, Bybit and others, aiming to provide humanitarian aid to up to 1 million people through stablecoins. The foundation focuses on four areas: financial security, financial inclusion, access to resources, and responsible AI and robotics. The founding parties include Tether, Kraken, Bybit, the Solana Foundation, Chainalysis and Anchorage Digital. FASE's first batch of projects includes a partnership with the youth platform Goodwall, planning to provide digital education and anti-fraud tools to up to 10 million young people, with a focus on Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia; and a pilot with Prosper Global to distribute humanitarian aid through stablecoins, initially covering up to 1 million people. In addition, FASE will partner with the United Nations Trust Fund to support civil society organizations in multiple African countries that provide assistance to survivors of human trafficking.