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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>
Palo Alto CEO: Enterprises must assume they will suffer cyberattacks and address technical debt.
According to CoinWorld news, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warned enterprises that they need to assume they will be hit by cyberattacks and fix their technical debt, because artificial intelligence is exposing critical software vulnerabilities.
DeFi total value locked daily snapshot reports 88.506 billion USD
CoinWorld data: The daily snapshot for 2026-10-26 shows that total DeFi value locked is $88.506 billion, a decrease of 0.91% compared with the previous statistical period using the same methodology.
Gavekal Research analyst: Brazilian market may be sold off at the open, seen as a buying opportunity.
Gavekal Research analyst Rohan Daswani said Brazilian markets could face heavy selling at the open after Lula's upset victory over Bolsonaro, but investors should view this as a buying opportunity. He noted that the market had already priced in a Bolsonaro victory and expectations of strengthened fiscal discipline. As the related trades unwind, investors' structurally bullish case for Brazil remains intact, including exceptionally high nominal and real interest rates, large commodity exposure, and Brazil's increasingly important position in critical mineral supply chains. In addition, Brazil's Congress is notably more conservative than the president, which limits the scope for a sharp leftward shift in economic policy.
Upbit's trading volume over the past 24 hours was approximately $1.47 billion, down 28.3%.
According to Bijie.com data: Upbit's trading volume over the past 24 hours was approximately 1.47 billion USD, down 28.3% from the previous day. The top five spot trading pairs by turnover were: axis/krw at approximately 178 million USD, accounting for 12.1%; soph/krw at approximately 98.9833 million USD, accounting for 6.73%; baby/krw at approximately 79.8318 million USD, accounting for 5.43%; irys/krw at approximately 72.7417 million USD, accounting for 4.94%; BTC/krw at approximately 56.5997 million USD, accounting for 3.85%.
Exchange-traded product options Put/Call ratio reported at 0.95
Coin World US stock data: The Put/Call ratio for exchange-traded product options is 0.95, with call option trading volume higher than put option volume on the day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it decreased by 0.22.
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.