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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>
According to a Reuters survey, all 26 economists expect Thailand's central bank to keep its policy rate unchanged at 1.00% on October 28, Cailian Press reported on October 26.
According to a CoinWorld report, Caixin reported on October 26 that a Reuters survey showed all 26 economists expect the Bank of Thailand to keep its interest rate unchanged at 1.00% on October 28.
Ukrainian drones attack Russia's Voronezh region.
Crypto news: Local governor says Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Voronezh region has killed two people and injured 17.
Binance上UNITREE合约资金费率达-1.12%，年化费率2452.8%
Bijie.com data: As A-share Unitree Robotics surged 18% intraday, the funding rate (4-hour) for the UNITREE USDT contract trading pair on Binance reached -1.12%, with an annualized funding rate of 2452.8%. If the funding rate remains unchanged (it had reached -1.16% as of press time), traders shorting with 10x leverage would lose their entire principal within a day and a half, assuming the contract price stays unchanged.
VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index daily change reported at -1.46%
Coin World US stock data: The VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index fell 1.46% from the previous trading day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it rose 4.3246 percentage points.
DeepSeek's large model tops global weekly API call volume rankings
According to the latest data from OpenRouter, global AI large model API calls totaled 188 trillion tokens last week (October 19–25), up 14.63% week-on-week. Among them, China's AI large models recorded weekly call volume of 93.54 trillion tokens, up 18.14% week-on-week, while US AI large models recorded weekly call volume of 22.47 trillion tokens over the same period, up 29.44% week-on-week. China's large models have exceeded the US in weekly call volume for 26 consecutive weeks, firmly holding the top global position. Last week, the top five models by global call volume were all Chinese AI large models, with Deepseek v4.1-flash-1017 ranking first with weekly call volume of 33.6 trillion tokens, up 801% week-on-week.
More than one-third of S&P 500 companies report earnings this week.
According to FactSet data, about 36% of S&P 500 companies, or 179 in total, will report quarterly results this week. Highly anticipated names include giants such as Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft, on which the index's gains have come to depend. But investors are currently worried about a wide range of factors, from whether the AI trade can continue, to elevated gasoline prices, to turbulence in the bond market. According to a FactSet report released on Friday, analysts still expect overall third-quarter profits for companies in the benchmark index to grow sharply by 29.5%. But the margin of error investors are willing to grant companies has narrowed, even for those that beat Wall Street expectations.
More than a third of S&P 500 companies report earnings this week.
According to CoinWorld news, more than one-third of S&P 500 companies will report quarterly results this week, about 36% of the index constituents, totaling 179 companies. Highly anticipated companies include giants such as Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft, on which the index's gains have relied. However, investors face multiple concerns, including the sustainability of AI trading, elevated gasoline prices, and volatility in the bond market. According to a FactSet report released on Friday, analysts expect overall profits for companies in the benchmark index to grow sharply by 29.5% in the third quarter. But the margin of error investors leave for companies has narrowed, even for companies whose results exceed Wall Street expectations.
The Monero community supports the 45 XMR proposal for core development.
CoinWorld news: The Monero community has opened a three-month development proposal, requesting 45 XMR to support full-time work on its privacy infrastructure, wallet software, and core network. As of October 26, the proposal had received 31.04 XMR in support from 42 contributors, approaching 69% of the funding goal. Developer jpk68 requested support for 40 hours of work per week and still needs 13.96 XMR to meet the goal. Monero's official X account highlighted the proposal on October 26 and, after jpk68 publicly requested support on October 23, directed community members to the funding page. Unlike projects that have a dedicated foundation treasury for development grants, Monero relies mainly on voluntary contributions through a community crowdfunding system, allowing developers to submit proposals and receive funding support after approval. According to the proposal, jpk68 plans to continue improving Monero's compatibility with anonymity networks, especially Tor and I2P, while also working on wallet usability, software maintenance, and code review.