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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: Not participating in the IPO will face the risk of AI retaliation.
According to CoinWorld news, Anthropic emphasized in its IPO filing that those who do not participate in the IPO may face retaliatory actions from AI. Even participating in the IPO still cannot fully mitigate these risks.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration's firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration's firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful.
The market capitalization of Securitize's tokenized stocks fell by more than 50% within a month.
CoinWorld data: The market value of Securitize's tokenized stocks fell by more than 50% within a month, dropping to $208.6 million.
Ripple's new stablecoin reached $200 million in trading volume within 7 days, leading its competitors.
CoinWorld data: Ripple's new stablecoin (RLUSD) saw its trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEX) increase by approximately $199.4 million over the past seven days, making it the global leader in short-term growth within the DeFi space. According to Token Terminal's analysis, the asset's trading volume surpassed that of its competitor USDG at $97.6 million, with the latter's inflows amounting to only half of the former's. RLUSD's inflows are concentrated in B2B infrastructure deployments by large capital, attracting the attention of institutional investors. The stablecoin is regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and is fully backed by U.S. Treasury bonds.
A certain address's futures account has accumulated a profit of $23.06 million, closing a long position on BTC and then opening another long.
CoinWorld data: A certain address 0xbf73…5d58 has accumulated a profit of approximately $23.06 million in its contract account, and after closing its long position on BTC, it opened a long position again.
CryptoMichNL: Market experiences a normal correction after Black Monday
According to a CoinWorld report, CryptoMichNL stated that exactly 40 years after Black Monday, the entire market priced in another crash over the weekend, but almost nothing happened on Monday. He pointed out that the gap between market panic and actual conditions is worth paying attention to. In a new video, he analyzed why this correction is normal and the four narratives he believes will determine the future direction of altcoins: AI and crypto, the agent economy, the Ethereum ecosystem, and real-world assets. He also explained why there is no need to pursue a perfect solution, that mastering a few correct themes is better than chasing every coin, and how to judge which narratives currently have momentum and which are still waiting for the right moment.
Kremlin: Russian President Putin will meet with Iranian President Pezeshkian and the Emir of Qatar in Moscow on Tuesday.
CoinWorld news, Kremlin: Russian President Putin will meet with Iranian President Pezeshkian and the Emir of Qatar in Moscow on Tuesday.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency encourages community banks to become stablecoin issuers.
According to Bijie news, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is encouraging community banks to become stablecoin issuers, but related applications are not yet open. New issuers usually need to obtain approval first before they can conduct business in the United States.