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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>
Slovakia's foreign minister said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that he was told Russia remains ready to fulfill the agreed energy contracts.
Slovak Foreign Minister, after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, said he was told that Russia remains ready to fulfill the agreed energy contracts.
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil inventories fell to 282.6 million barrels, the lowest since 1982.
According to a report by Reuters, U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude inventories fell to 282.6 million barrels last week, the lowest level since 1982. This figure reflects the tight energy supply situation in the United States and could have a significant impact on the market.
EIA: U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil inventories fall to lowest level since 1982
CoinWorld news: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil inventories fell to 282.6 million barrels last week, the lowest level since 1982.
CZ: The BNB standard rings the opening bell at Nasdaq.
CoinWorld news, according to Cointelegraph, the BNB standard rang the opening bell at Nasdaq today, and Binance CEO CZ attended the event.
The U.S. 2-year Treasury yield is at 4.65%.
CoinWorld US stock market data: The latest daily reading of the US 2-year Treasury yield is 4.65%. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is down 0.09 percentage points.
Anthropic expresses concerns about compute capacity in its S-1 filing.
BiJie Network News: Anthropic outlined its concerns about compute capacity in its S-1 filing, calling compute a critical issue facing the company. The company stated: "If we are unable to obtain sufficient compute capacity, or fail to effectively allocate compute across workloads, we may be unable to train models that remain competitive with those of our competitors, and may also be unable to adequately serve our customers." Anthropic is paying companies such as SpaceX for compute capacity, but expects that compute demand will continue to exceed supply in the near term.
Canada launches consultation on draft stablecoin rules, maintains ban on yield
CoinWorld news: The Canadian government recently announced the launch of a public consultation on draft rules for stablecoins, while maintaining the ban on stablecoin yields. This move aims to further regulate the stablecoin market and ensure its safety and compliance.
Goldman Sachs wins lead underwriter role for Anthropic IPO
According to Biji.com, Goldman Sachs has secured the lead underwriter role for Anthropic's IPO, while Morgan Stanley serves as the underwriter's representative and stabilization agent. According to the S-1 filing, Goldman Sachs also handled SpaceX's IPO.