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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>
Anthropic ETF filing has been submitted ahead of the IPO and is expected to launch after listing on Nasdaq.
CoinWorld news, DeItaone reports, $ANT - leveraged Anthropic ETFs have been filed ahead of the IPO and are expected to launch shortly after its Nasdaq listing. $ANTT is a 2x long Anthropic ETF, and $ANTZ is a 2x short Anthropic ETF; both products are designed to provide twice the daily performance, in opposite directions. The key point is that traders are preparing for significant volatility around Anthropic's IPO. These ETFs are designed for short-term trading, not for long-term holding.
JPMorgan: Iran conflict pushes Brent crude to $115, while valuation stands at just $94
CoinWorld data: In its latest commodity analysis, JPMorgan pointed out that the fundamental value of Brent crude oil is approximately $94, even though oil prices have climbed above $115 due to the Iran conflict, showing a geopolitical premium of $21. Analyst Natasha Kaneva stated that actual oil prices are far higher than what supply and demand fundamentals would suggest, reflecting investors' willingness to pay an extra cost for future supply disruptions. Although transportation volumes through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered, recent attacks still pose a threat to oil prices. JPMorgan expects that if geopolitical risks ease, oil prices may face downward pressure, but it has not set $94 as a guaranteed trading target.
Musk warns: more than 200 AI cloud providers face a shakeout
On Monday, U.S. neocloud stocks fell sharply in early trading. Nebius (NBIS.US) dropped more than 5% at one point, while CoreWeave (CRWV.US) and Iren (IREN.US) fell over 4%. As of press time, the declines had narrowed somewhat. Musk posted on X on Sunday, stating bluntly that more than 200 Neocloud companies will face "small-fish-level death and consolidation." This remark further deepened market doubts about whether the debt-driven expansion of the sector can be sustained.
Tesla shares rose 5.8%, hitting their highest intraday level since July 16.
According to Bijie.com, Tesla's stock price rose 5.8%, hitting its highest intraday level since July 16.
Anthropic's compute spending grows 5.2x per dollar of revenue
According to Bijie.com, Anthropic's compute spending per dollar of revenue increased from $0.40 in the first quarter of 2025 to $2.08 in the second quarter of 2026, a 5.2-fold increase. Quarterly revenue rose from $376 million to $11.6 billion, while compute costs increased from $944 million to $5.6 billion.
trade.xyz launches pre-IPO perpetual contract market for Anthropic.
CoinWorld news: trade.xyz announced on the X platform that the pre-IPO perpetual contract market for Anthropic has launched.
Datavault AI expands WISA patent portfolio, reaching a milestone of 13 U.S. patents in 2026.
Datavault AI announced the expansion of its WISA patent portfolio in 2026, reaching a milestone of 13 U.S. patents, including 3 issued U.S. patents and 10 notices of allowance. These patents strengthen intellectual property protection in wireless audio transmission, synchronization, device interoperability, and intelligent audio processing.
Iranian President: Supports the consensus on strengthening regional solidarity, cohesion, security, and development.
According to CoinWorld news, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during meetings with officials from Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia that we support any consensus that contributes to the unity of Islamic countries. Relying on their collective capabilities, Islamic countries can provide the world with a model of justice and development. With firm belief and serious determination, Iran is prepared to take measures on the path of deepening regional cooperation, resolving differences, and leveraging the collective capabilities of Islamic countries, and supports any consensus that helps strengthen regional unity, cohesion, security, and development.