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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>
Cailian Press, October 26 — SpaceX issued bonds in a $40 billion credit transaction at an interest rate as high as 8.75%.
CoinWorld news, Cailian Press, October 26: SpaceX issued bonds in a $40 billion credit transaction at an interest rate as high as 8.75%.
S&P Global completes acquisition of on-chain security firm OpenZeppelin
CoinWorld news: S&P Global announced on October 26 that it has completed its acquisition of on-chain security firm OpenZeppelin, with the two parties planning to jointly develop a new generation of on-chain security assessments and benchmarks. OpenZeppelin was founded in 2015, and its open-source smart contract library OpenZeppelin Contracts supports value transfers exceeding $38 trillion. Following the acquisition, OpenZeppelin will operate as an independent business unit, with founder Demian Brener remaining as its head, reporting to Yann Le Pallec, President of S&P Global Ratings.
Financial Associated Press, October 26 - Brazil's Ministry of Finance has canceled the fixed-rate government bond auction originally scheduled for October 29.
According to a CoinWorld report, Caixin reported on October 26 that Brazil's Ministry of Finance has canceled the fixed-rate government bond auction originally scheduled for October 29.
MicroStrategy pauses Bitcoin purchases, repurchases $205 million in preferred stock.
CoinWorld data: MicroStrategy (MicroStrategy) has paused Bitcoin purchases, making no Bitcoin buys or sells between October 19 and 25. The company continues to hold 848,517 bitcoins, with a cumulative cost of approximately $64.02 billion and an average purchase price of $75,446 per coin. Meanwhile, MicroStrategy repurchased approximately $204.9 million worth of preferred stock and maintains a cash reserve of $4.83 billion.
Financial Associated Press, October 26 — Brazil's interest rate futures contract maturing in January 2035 jumped 263 basis points to 15.375% after Lula's victory.
According to a CoinWorld report, Caixin reported on October 26 that Brazil's interest rate futures contract maturing in January 2035 jumped 263 basis points to 15.375% after Lula's victory.
SpaceX signs a $40 billion lease agreement with Apollo.
CoinWorld news: SpaceX ($SPCX) has just signed a $40 billion lease agreement with Apollo ($APO) to pay for artificial intelligence chips. According to Bloomberg, the funds will help SpaceX purchase NVIDIA chips. The agreement is structured as private bonds issued by a separate entity and is not recorded on SpaceX's balance sheet. The deal is expected to be completed before the end of the year, with the lease set to begin in the first half of 2027; the interest rate has not yet been determined.
Anthropic plans to publicly file for an IPO on Monday.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Anthropic plans to publicly file for an initial public offering (IPO) at around 9 a.m. on Monday.
Empery invests $65 million to build out AI data centers, expecting $440 million in revenue.
CoinWorld news: Empery Digital plans to invest $65 million to acquire a 25% equity stake in a private entity that owns an AI data center property in the Midwestern United States. The facility currently has approximately 150 MW of power capacity, with the potential to expand to approximately 300 MW in the future. The project is intended to use a 15-year triple-net lease structure, with total potential lease payments of approximately $1 billion. Empery's 25% equity stake corresponds to projected revenue of more than $440 million over the lease term, with payments expected to begin in early 2027.
Strive announces a $1 billion ATM program to purchase Bitcoin.
CoinWorld news: Strive has just announced the establishment of a $1 billion at-the-money (ATM) program for its newly issued preferred stock $SATS. Only 13 months since listing, Strive currently has 2 preferred stocks and has set up an ATM program to purchase more Bitcoin.