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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: The Potential of AI in Healthcare
BiJie Network News: In its IPO filing, Anthropic emphasized that artificial intelligence has the potential to help cure major diseases and accelerate scientific discovery. The company plans to expand into the medical and biological fields, viewing medical research as a significant opportunity for artificial intelligence. The key takeaway is that Anthropic believes drug discovery and medical breakthroughs will become drivers of long-term growth, beyond the applications of chatbots and enterprise software.
Coinbase: Some users are unable to convert Brazilian reais to cryptocurrency.
Coinbase says some users may currently be unable to convert Brazilian reais (BRL) to buy or sell cryptocurrencies.
Morgan Stanley: Nvidia (NVDA.US) rises nearly 3%
According to CoinWorld news, on Monday, Nvidia (NVDA.US) opened higher and climbed throughout the session, rising nearly 3% as of press time, with a market capitalization of $5.23 trillion. In a thematic research report, Morgan Stanley raised its estimate of the net U.S. data center power shortfall for 2026–28 to 38GW from 33GW. Morgan Stanley noted that amid the power shortfall, ASICs may lose share relative to GPUs, and it remains most bullish on Nvidia among semiconductor names.
Microsoft, Google, and Amazon earnings this week focus on artificial intelligence.
According to Reuters, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google's parent company), and Amazon will release their earnings reports this week, with artificial intelligence once again in the spotlight. After growing concerns over spending and debt, Reuters' "Morning Bid" podcast will explore what is at stake.
Anthropic plans to sell shares early after IPO, and the lock-up structure raises volatility concerns.
CoinWorld news: Anthropic is preparing for an IPO and plans to adopt an unconventional lock-up structure that would allow some early investors and employees to sell shares before the traditional 180-day restriction expires. The planned release dates include: Day 1: some shares may be sold; Day 27: additional shares unlock; Day 48: further shares are released. The number of shares that may be sold has not yet been disclosed. The key point is that the phased lock-up could create selling pressure and volatility after Anthropic's IPO.
Bank of Russia: Russian banks' net profit for January to September was 3.7 trillion rubles.
Banking World news, Central Bank of Russia: Russian banks' net profit from January to September was 3.7 trillion rubles. The banking sector's net profit in September fell 5.9% month-on-month to 414 billion rubles.
Coinbase institutional transfer of 1,141 BTC to an unknown new wallet
According to data from Bijie.com: Whale Alert monitoring shows that 1,141 BTC (approximately $91.2299 million) has just been transferred from a Coinbase institutional account to an unknown new wallet.
Slovakia's foreign minister said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that he was told Russia remains ready to fulfill the agreed energy contracts.
Slovak Foreign Minister, after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, said he was told that Russia remains ready to fulfill the agreed energy contracts.