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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>
XP Inc. halted: LULD trading pause
CoinWorld news: XP (XP Inc. Class A Common Stock) entered a trading halt on the New York Stock Exchange at 09:41:43 (Eastern Time) on October 26, 2026, with the official reason being an LULD pause.
Anthropic has more than 1,900 customers and annual revenue exceeding $1 million.
According to Bijie news, Anthropic currently has more than 1,900 customers and an annual revenue of over $1 million.
Anthropic files for IPO, targeting a valuation of $1.5-1.75 trillion.
According to a report by Bloomberg, AI company Anthropic has filed for an IPO and could become one of the largest stock market listings in history. The company is expected to match or exceed the $75 billion IPO record set by SpaceX. However, its expected valuation has dropped from an earlier $2 trillion to $1.5-1.75 trillion, despite quarterly revenue growing by nearly 50% to $16.8 billion. Investor marketing is expected to begin in the week of November 9, with trading anticipated before Thanksgiving. The listing could become a major test of investor demand for the AI sector, as the industry's massive spending raises growing concerns.
Financial Associated Press, October 26 — Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have begun security negotiations.
According to a CoinWorld report, Caixin reported on October 26 that Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have begun security negotiations.
Anthropic: Believes existing cash is sufficient to support operations for the next 12 months.
CoinWorld news: Anthropic has recently made the following statements in succession: First, it believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to support its operating funds and other needs for at least the next 12 months. Second, it will spend at least $110 billion with Amazon before 2036.
Meta launches a $95 billion equity financing plan, with shares falling 1.9%.
BiJie Network News, according to Reuters, Meta Platforms, Inc. announced it will conduct a $95 billion equity financing to support its artificial intelligence expansion plans. Following the announcement, Meta's stock fell 1.9%.
Anthropic may need to seek additional financing sooner than currently expected.
Cointime news: Anthropic says it may need to seek additional financing sooner than currently expected. Recently, the company delayed the pretraining of its new frontier foundation model by more than a month in order to strengthen security measures and prevent the leakage of model weights.
Anthropic publicly files its S-1 investment prospectus, with an IPO expected to take place.
According to a report by Yahoo Finance, Anthropic has publicly filed its S-1 investment prospectus, presenting its most important financial information to investors, and is expected to conduct an initial public offering (IPO). The company said that its revenue reached $16.3 billion in the six months ending in June, surpassing the $4.6 billion for all of 2025.