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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>
Institutions: A Fed hold is all but certain, and the dollar's direction hinges entirely on the tone of the statement.
According to CoinWorld news, institutional analysis indicates that the Federal Reserve keeping rates unchanged is almost a foregone conclusion, and the dollar's movement will depend entirely on the tone of the statement. The dollar is trading steadily as investors focus on the Fed's interest rate decision on Wednesday. CoinWorld data: market pricing puts the probability of the Fed keeping rates unchanged at 90%, but investors will look for any signals of possible future rate hikes. Analysts at Monex Europe said in a report that, since holding steady is almost fully priced in, the reaction in the foreign exchange market will depend on the tone of the Fed's statement. The Fed may keep the possibility of a December rate hike open but will not provide formal guidance. If Fed Chair Warsh hints that rising yields have already tightened financial conditions sufficiently, then the pricing of a December rate hike could reverse and weaken the dollar.
The Canadian government publishes a draft stablecoin regulation.
The Canadian government published the draft Stablecoin Regulations in the Canada Gazette on October 24, proposing to require regulated stablecoin issuers to allow eligible holders to redeem at par value, without setting a minimum redemption amount, and to complete redemption processing within three business days of receiving an application, with redemption fees not exceeding 1%. If liquidity shortages arise in the reserve asset market, issuers may, under specific conditions, limit the daily redemption volume. The draft also requires stablecoin issuers to maintain qualified reserve assets of at least 1:1 and prohibits providing holders, directly or through third parties, with interest or returns linked to holding the coin. The relevant rules are currently in the public consultation stage and are planned to be implemented in the fall of 2027.
Today's investment sentiment hotspot: China Data Group was established in Xiong'an New Area.
CoinWorld news: Today's investment sentiment hotspots include: 1) China Data Group Co., Ltd. was established in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei, aiming to advance the development and utilization of data resources, unlock the value of data elements, serve the development of artificial intelligence, and foster a thriving data industry ecosystem. 2) The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that in the first half of the year, China's humanoid robot production exceeded 40,000 units, and is expected to surpass 100,000 units for the full year, with humanoid robots being deployed intensively in factories, amusement parks, supermarkets, and other scenarios. 3) Institutions noted that research organizations such as NVIDIA and Stanford are exploring the application of GPT-6 Astra to robot control, marking a major turning point for physical AI. 4) The National Development and Reform Commission stated that it is studying and formulating an implementation plan for the strategy of expanding domestic demand, and will accelerate its issuance and implementation.
Xinjiang: GDP grew 4.2% year-on-year in the first three quarters.
CoinWorld news, [Xinjiang: GDP grew 4.2% year-on-year in the first three quarters] Cailian Press, October 26 — According to the unified regional GDP accounting results, in the first three quarters of 2026, Xinjiang's regional GDP reached 1,643.063 billion yuan, up 4.2% year-on-year at constant prices. Among them: the value added of the primary industry was 209.182 billion yuan, up 4.5%; the value added of the secondary industry was 627.657 billion yuan, up 4.5%; and the value added of the tertiary industry was 806.224 billion yuan, up 3.9%. (Xinjiang Release).
The defense minister said there is no intention to attack Iran before the election.
CoinWorld news, [Israeli Defense Minister says no intention to attack Iran before the election] Cailian Press, October 26 - Israeli Defense Minister Katz issued a statement on the 26th local time, denying reports of a major disagreement between the Israeli government leadership and IDF Chief of Staff Zamir, and explicitly stated that Israel has no plan to launch a preemptive strike on Iran before the parliamentary election on the 27th local time. (CCTV News).
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We welcome more countries to join the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.
At the regular press conference on October 26, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that China welcomes more countries to join the World AI Cooperation Organization, explore international cooperation pathways for AI capacity building, and jointly promote the beneficial and inclusive development of global AI. Guo Jiakun noted that China released the Progress Report on the AI Capacity Building Inclusive Plan at the Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an), emphasizing the important role of capacity building in global governance.
Cailian Press, October 26 — After Moody's maintained France's sovereign rating on Friday, the yield on French 10-year government bonds fell 5.3 basis points to 4.9685%.
According to CoinWorld news, Caixin reported on October 26 that after Moody's maintained France's sovereign rating on Friday, the yield on French 10-year government bonds fell 5.3 basis points to 4.9685%.
Berenberg: UK gilt yields could surge if the budget expands borrowing
According to a report from Bijie.com, Berenberg analyst Andrew Wishart said in a note that investors expect the UK government to continue reducing the ratio of public debt to GDP in the budget to be announced on Wednesday. He pointed out that the spread between UK two-year and ten-year government bond yields remains at a relatively narrow level, indicating that the market expects the government to maintain fiscal prudence. Wishart warned that if the scale of government borrowing announced by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is higher than market expectations, UK government bond yields could rise significantly.