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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 UK is investing £100 million to build an AI biosecurity laboratory, with support from multiple institutions.
CoinWorld news: The UK government has announced an investment of £100 million to build an AI biosecurity laboratory, with OpenAI and Anthropic providing up to £200 million in AI model credits, and Google DeepMind and Basecamp Research participating in the collaboration. In addition, the UK government has allocated £65 million for research and development of pathogen response measures, an additional £120 million for the AI Safety Institute, an additional £23 million for the AI Economy Institute, and £130 million to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.
Standard Chartered leads Anchorpoint plan to launch retail stablecoin
CoinWorld news, according to Cointelegraph, Anchorpoint, led by Standard Chartered, said it plans to launch a retail stablecoin on a public blockchain but will not rush the launch, focusing on cross-border payments as a key use case.
BTC perpetual contract open interest totals 14.922 billion USD.
CoinWorld data: Under the statistical methodology of selected mainstream platforms, the total notional open interest of BTC USDT-margined perpetual contracts stands at 14.922 billion USD. Compared with the same-methodology snapshot 24 hours ago, it is down 1.81%; compared with the same-methodology snapshot 7 days ago, it is down 1.02%.
The armed forces had previously successfully attacked Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with ballistic missiles.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree: The armed forces previously successfully attacked Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with ballistic missiles, achieving precise hits. At the same time, they also successfully used multiple drones to strike crude oil transmission stations in the east and west, with very accurate hits.
Guangzhou's GDP reached 2.4851 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, up 5.7% year on year.
CoinWorld news, [Guangzhou's GDP reached 2.4851 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, up 5.7% year-on-year] Cailian Press, October 26 — The Information Office of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government held a press conference to release the economic performance of Guangzhou in the first three quarters of 2026. According to the unified accounting results of Guangdong Province's gross regional product, Guangzhou's gross regional product in the first three quarters reached 2.4851 trillion yuan, up 5.7% year-on-year at constant prices. Among them, the value added of the primary industry grew by 2.4%, the value added of the secondary industry grew by 5.1%, and the value added of the tertiary industry grew by 5.9%.
The number of declining stocks listed on the Nasdaq is reported at 2,200.
CoinWorld US stock data: Nasdaq decliners for the day totaled 2,200.
Wu Says: utexo launches bridged USDT, initially for institutions.
According to a CoinWorld report, utexo co-founder Viktor Ihnatiuk tweeted that the bridged version of USDT he launched on the Bitcoin network will initially target mainly institutions, as institutions currently have significant demand for minting, redemption, and fund transfers. He noted that large fund transfers need to avoid wallet activity being viewed by others and front-running, and arrangements for a retail-facing launch will be announced later.
Lens Technology: AI server-related production capacity at the Dongguan Songshan Lake campus has been expanded and is now entering the mass production ramp-up phase.
According to CoinWorld news, Lens Technology stated during an investor relations event that the AI server-related production capacity at its Dongguan Songshan Lake campus has completed expansion and is now entering the mass production ramp-up phase. Centered on the AI computing power strategic track, the company continues to extend toward a comprehensive manufacturing platform for AI computing infrastructure. Currently, liquid-cooling thermal modules, high-end precision equipment cabinets, and high-speed optical interconnect supporting components have passed validation by leading North American computing power manufacturers and secured large-scale orders. At the same time, the company is building up optical communications and precision metal processing capabilities through acquisitions to meet the demand for AI servers.
Three whale wallets deposited 494,300 HYPE worth $37.83 million into Coinbase.
According to data from Bijie.com, three whale wallets suspected to belong to the same entity deposited 494,300 HYPE tokens to Coinbase over the past 24 hours, worth approximately $37.83 million at current prices.