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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>
JUST releases JST progress report, upgrading the buyback and burn mechanism.
CoinWorld news, JUST released the JST 2026 Q3 and October progress report on October 26. The report shows that five rounds of cumulative buyback and burn destroyed 1.882 billion JST, with a total investment of 118.15 million USD. JUST DAO upgraded the buyback and burn mechanism, shifting to a foundation based on sustained ecosystem revenue, and plans to invest 20.34 million USD in buybacks across four phases starting from 2026 Q4, while retaining 50 million USD as a treasury safety reserve. In addition, JUSTLend's end-of-quarter TVL remained above 7 billion USD, and GasFree recorded approximately 21.24 million transactions in Q3.
The blast L2 network is closing its regular withdrawal interface today.
According to CoinWorld news, the Blast L2 network closed its regular withdrawal interface today; subsequent withdrawals will require direct interaction with the Ethereum bridge contract.
Trader_Gemini: BTC traders' realized price rises to $75,000
According to CoinWorld news, cryptoquant platform analyst Trader_Gemini stated that BTC is trading above $80,000, which is above the $75,000 trader realized price. This price level often acts as support during bull market pullbacks; if the price breaks below and remains consistently under this line, losing traders may sell as they approach break-even. In addition, profit-taking pressure increases as the price approaches the upper band, and the upper band and realized price should not be regarded as automatic trading signals.
Analyst: Singapore Gulf Bank's parent company appoints members to global advisory board
Singapore Gulf Bank's parent company Asia Gulf Holdings (AGH) has announced the appointment of Martin Gilbert, Chairman of Revolut Group, and Maliki Osman, former Singapore Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, to its Global Advisory Board, where they will advise on global investment strategy and geopolitical affairs, respectively. The board is chaired by Amy Lee, with former Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles serving as vice chairman.
ArchLoot burns 44.58 million locked AL tokens, accounting for 4.46% of the maximum supply.
According to data from Bijie.com: The blockchain game project ArchLoot has burned 44.58 million locked AL tokens, of which 30 million were burned from the Eco Pool, approximately 10.417 million from the Treasure Pool, and approximately 4.167 million from the Reserve Pool. After the burn, the relevant tokens will no longer be unlocked, distributed, or circulated.
Brent crude falls nearly 7% after Trump rejects Israel's request for a joint strike.
CoinWorld news: Brent crude oil prices fell nearly 7% following reports that Trump rejected Netanyahu's request for a joint strike on Iran ahead of Israel's elections. Israel will vote on October 27, and Trump called Netanyahu a "great warrior prime minister."
The scope of the crude oil spill off the coast of the UAE has expanded, and multiple beaches have been closed.
Bitcoin World news, satellite images show that an oil spill from a damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates is expanding, leading to more beach closures and raising concerns about environmental impact. Images captured on October 24 by the European Union's Copernicus satellite observation network show that over the past few days the oil spill has continued to expand, with large patches of dark oil pollution appearing on the sea surface near the coast of the northern emirate of Umm Al Quwain and spreading along the coastline. The UAE said on Friday that relevant departments are taking measures to control the situation, and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has also begun an environmental assessment. Experts said the source of the spill is a tanker named gem no.2. Shipping industry sources said the vessel was attacked by an unidentified flying object and caught fire last month, and the fire was subsequently extinguished. Authorities in several northern emirates of the UAE have taken response measures to restrict public access to coastal areas.
JP Morgan将Boot Barn目标价下调至248美元
CoinWorld news, JP Morgan lowered the target price of Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. from $282 to $248.