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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>
AMD off-exchange short sale volume ratio reported at 58.19%
CoinWorld US stock data: AMD's off-exchange short selling volume accounted for 58.19% of the total that day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it rose by 1.2114 percentage points.
The protocol reported $60.284 million in fees over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: Within the scope, the protocol's fees over the past 24 hours were $60.284 million, a decrease of 8.17% compared with the previous statistical period under the same methodology.
Brent crude oil prices rose 20%, with open interest surpassing $400 million.
According to data from Bijie.com: Over the past month, the price of Brent crude oil has risen by 20%, from $94 to $114, making it a popular trading instrument in the market. Currently, the open interest of Brent crude oil on centralized exchanges has exceeded $400 million, with the top three platforms accounting for 86.5% of the open interest, among which Binance accounts for 67.62%, Bitget for 10.37%, and OKX for 8.56%. Bitget's market share has increased, with capital inflows reaching $748 million in the past week, second only to Binance's $814 million.
The long-to-short ratio of BTC whale accounts is 2.3478.
BiJie.com data: The latest 4-hour snapshot for BTCUSDT shows that among the top 20% of accounts by margin balance, the long-short account ratio is 2.3478, with more net long accounts among large holders. Compared with the same-metric snapshot 24 hours ago, it rose by 0.1293; compared with the same-metric snapshot 7 days ago, it rose by 0.8026.
QCP Capital: BTC short-term support at $78,000, resistance at $86,000
According to a market report by QCP Capital on October 26, BTC has continued to weaken after falling below $80,000, with the Middle East situation and ETF outflows intensifying the liquidation of leveraged long positions. QCP believes that BTC's short-term support level is at $78,000, with resistance at $86,000, followed by $88,000 to $90,000; ETH's support level is at $2,150, with resistance at $2,500. Under the base-case scenario, the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged, and BTC may fluctuate within the $78,000 to $86,000 range. If earnings from tech giants ease market concerns about AI capital expenditure, BTC is expected to rebound; if the Federal Reserve signals a stronger hawkish stance or the Middle East situation escalates, it may decline further.
Russian internet portal company Yandex: None of its three supercomputers were affected by the attack on the data center, and they have been relocated to a new location.
CoinWorld news, Russian internet portal company Yandex: None of the three supercomputers were affected by the attack on the data center and have been relocated to a new location.
The Bank of Israel rejects Netanyahu's plan to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.
Bank of Israel Rejects Netanyahu's Proposal to Use Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions According to Bihang news, the Bank of Israel has rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion to use cryptocurrency to help the country circumvent potential international sanctions, a rare public rebuke ahead of Tuesday's national election. In a statement on Saturday, the Bank of Israel said that cryptocurrency "cannot serve as a means of circumventing sanctions imposed on Israel." The central bank added that the correct approach for Israel's economy is to maintain economic relations with major trading partners and to focus on preventing sanctions and their negative impact on the economy. In an interview on Friday, Netanyahu said that Israel needs to prepare for possible banking sanctions and called for a plan to be drawn up to use cryptocurrency and blockchain networks to evade sanctions.
Morgan Stanley warns of a sell-off in the Brazilian market, projecting a 20%-30% decline in stocks.
CoinWorld news, Morgan Stanley predicts that with Lula's election, the Brazilian stock market will face a 20%-30% decline. The bank expects the USD/BRL exchange rate to reach 5.60, and if fiscal concerns intensify, it could rise to 6.00, while interbank rates will come under pressure of 300-400 basis points. The key point is that rising fiscal risks threaten Brazil's currency, bonds, and stocks. Related stocks include: $EWZ, $PBR, $VALE.