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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>
The European Central Bank is expected to continue raising interest rates to 3%.
According to a report from Bijie.com, LBBW senior fixed income analyst Elmar Voelker said in a report that the European Central Bank may have more rate hikes ahead, but is expected to hold steady this week. The ECB's rate decision and the subsequent press conference by President Lagarde will not significantly change market participants' views on the future path of interest rates. These events are more likely to cool medium-term rate expectations, as recent statements from the ECB Governing Council have leaned toward signaling the need for prudent tightening. LBBW expects the ECB to raise rates twice more in total by the spring of 2027, with the key rate peaking at 3%.
BTC liquidations totaled $24.5907 million over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: BTC liquidations over the past 24 hours totaled approximately $24.5907 million, with 2,092 liquidation orders recorded. This represents a 79.27% decrease compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, and a 62.65% decrease compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier.
The number of tokenized stock holders on the Solana chain has surpassed 1.5 million.
According to data from Bijie Network: Solana officially announced that the number of people holding Solana-based tokenized stocks has reached 1.5 million, a fivefold increase since August.
Seedance core R&D lead Zhou Chang is reported to have resigned; a person close to ByteDance denies it.
According to a report from Bijie, recent rumors have suggested that Zhou Chang, one of the core leaders of ByteDance's Seed AI research and development, has resigned and may start a business related to embodied intelligence, and has already been in active contact with well-known funds, strategic investors from major tech companies, and leading large-model unicorns. On October 26, a person close to ByteDance responded that Zhou Chang has not resigned.
OKX launches earnings season prediction event, users can share a $250,000 prize pool.
CoinWorld news: OKX has announced the launch of prediction events related to the earnings reports of companies such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon. Users can participate in the "Play and Earn US Stock Earnings Season" event through the OKX app "Planet," making predictions on "whether earnings will exceed expectations" and "whether the stock price will rise or fall on the first full trading day after earnings," with a chance to share in a prize pool worth a total of $250,000.
On October 26, Cailian Press reported: Russia's security services stated that they thwarted an attempted drone attack on a key component of Moscow's missile defense system and on power facilities.
According to a CoinWorld report, Caixin reported on October 26 that Russia's security services said they thwarted an attempted drone attack on a key component of Moscow's missile defense system and on power facilities.
BTC and XRP ETFs saw a net inflow of $443 million last week.
According to Cointelegraph, citing data from Bijie.com: last week, spot Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP ETFs recorded net inflows of $442.67 million and $4.25 million, respectively, while spot Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) ETFs saw net outflows of -$224.96 million and -$17.3 million, respectively.
FOMC meeting focuses on the Fed's interest rate decision as inflation rises.
CoinWorld data: The FOMC meeting will be held on October 28, with the market focused on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision against the backdrop of rising inflation and higher energy prices. U.S. inflation accelerated in September, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising 3.7% year-on-year, and the Producer Price Index (PPI) up 1.3% from August. High energy prices have intensified inflation concerns, while the U.S.-Iran conflict has further increased uncertainty over energy costs. The Federal Reserve aims to keep inflation at its 2% target, but high borrowing costs are putting pressure on housing affordability, and layoffs have also raised concerns about employment. Remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will be closely watched and could influence future interest rate expectations. Investors will also focus on U.S. third-quarter GDP, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation, and initial jobless claims data to be released on October 29; these reports will provide further information on economic growth, price pressures, and labor market conditions.
The European Central Bank is pushing the digital euro to strengthen control over the payment system.
ECB Reiterates Push for Digital Euro to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Payment Providers, Plans Pilot in 2027 and Possible Launch in 2029 According to CoinWorld news, the European Central Bank (ECB) has reiterated its push for a digital euro to reduce reliance on foreign payment providers, with a pilot planned for 2027 and a possible launch in 2029. ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone stated that Europe needs its own payment infrastructure to ensure that financial services can continue to operate without depending on external companies. He noted that the growth in the use of digital payments is one of the main reasons Europe needs to replace its existing payment systems. According to ECB data, online payments in Italy accounted for 24% of total payments in 2024, compared with only 6% in 2019. The digital euro will provide consumers and businesses with a payment option operating on infrastructure controlled in Europe, and is expected to improve competition and reduce costs for small merchants.