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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 proportion of active buy trades in BTC contracts over the past 4 hours is 50.37%.
CoinWorld data: Over the most recent 4 complete hours, the share of active buy trades in the BTCUSDT perpetual contract was 50.37%, while the share of active sell trades was 49.63%, with active buying prevailing. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it rose by 2.2088 percentage points; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier, it rose by 0.3317 percentage points.
Anthropic plans to file for a massive IPO on Monday, with listing size potentially exceeding SpaceX.
CoinWorld news, Anthropic plans to submit its initial public offering (IPO) application on Monday, with the listing scale expected to set a record and may even surpass SpaceX. The company will release its IPO S-1 filing at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (21:00 Beijing Time), and is expected to officially launch its IPO roadshow as early as the week of November 9. People familiar with the matter said Anthropic's IPO scale is expected to be comparable to that of SpaceX.
SpaceX: BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and KKR make investment commitments.
CoinWorld news: SpaceX announced that BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and KKR have made anchor investment commitments.
The Brazilian real spot trading plunged 8.2% after the open.
According to CoinWorld news, the Brazilian real spot trading plunged 8.2% after the open, to 5.42 reais per US dollar.
BTC saw a net capital outflow of 919.5315 BTC over the past 24 hours.
BiJie.com data: BTC saw inflows of 6,052.0313 BTC and outflows of 6,971.5628 BTC over the past 24 hours, for a net outflow of 919.5315 BTC. This figure comes from the rolling 24-hour calculation of the same BTC fund distribution interface, with the net amount calculated as inflows minus outflows. It does not represent net exchange inflows, on-chain exchange flows, or institutional fund flows, and should not be conflated with deposit and withdrawal data from any single exchange. Compared with the same-calculation snapshot 24 hours ago, it rose 60.07%; compared with the same-calculation snapshot 7 days ago, it fell 216.74%.
Pump.fun app supports X Layer, allowing users to trade all tokens with the same USDC balance.
According to CoinWorld news, the Pump.fun app now supports X Layer, OKX's Layer 2 network. Users can trade all tokens on X Layer using the same USDC balance, without the need to manually bridge assets or switch wallets.
VIX1D one-day volatility index at 16.81 points
CoinWorld US stock data: The VIX1D one-day volatility index closed at 16.81 points.
Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as Iran tensions spark concerns
CoinWorld data: Bitcoin fell below $80,000 this weekend, currently priced at $80,160, with a weekly decline of 2.4%. The drop came after The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that the United States is rapidly evacuating diplomatic personnel and military bases from the Middle East. In a memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton noted that Iran has significantly increased the intensity of attacks targeting U.S. personnel. Ethereum and Solana fell 3.8% and 3.2%, respectively. Despite the poor performance of most major crypto assets, privacy coin Zcash rose 8% this week and is up 135% year-to-date. The Federal Reserve's interest rate decision is due this week, and the market expects volatility.
Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $442 million last week and net outflows of $175 million this month.
CoinWorld data: According to Bitcoin Archive, Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $442 million last week, failing to offset October's outflows, with net outflows of $175 million month-to-date.