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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>
RWA perpetual futures open interest approaches $20 billion.
CoinWorld data: According to Cointelegraph, open interest in RWA (real-world asset) perpetual contracts is approaching $20 billion, with data sourced from CryptoRank.
The central bank conducted a 700 billion yuan MLF operation, while French bonds faced a sell-off.
According to Coin World news, the central bank will conduct a 700 billion yuan MLF operation on October 26 with a term of one year. France has temporarily avoided a Moody's downgrade, but its outlook remains negative. China's weight in the FTSE World Government Bond Index has risen to 11.9%. Local opposition in the United States is intensifying, and S&P warned that credit risks for data centers are rising. China Shenhua plans to register and issue debt financing instruments and corporate bonds, with a total quota of 30 billion yuan. Meituan proposes to issue RMB senior notes and plans to raise the equivalent of about US$1 billion. The bond market is operating in a volatile but slightly stronger range, and analysts say ultra-long bonds still have structural opportunities. Shimao Group defaulted on US$9.07 billion of offshore debt, triggered by a winding-up petition from Guotong Trust. Fitch reaffirmed Luxembourg's rating at "AAA" with a stable outlook. Fitch maintained Ukraine's rating at "CCC," with the impact of war constituting a major credit risk. Musk said SpaceX has completed US$40 billion in debt financing to purchase GPUs. French bonds suffered a selloff, while Australian pension funds entered against the trend.
Netanyahu warns of sanctions risk, Israeli stock market opens lower.
CoinWorld news, according to Israel's Channel 12, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Israel needs to prepare for international sanctions and decoupling from the global economy, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange opened lower this morning. This is the first stock market decline after the Israeli prime minister made related remarks. In an interview last Friday, Netanyahu said he had ordered a plan to be drawn up so that Israel could cope with possible restrictions on the financial system through alternative payment methods such as crypto assets.
Axel Adler Jr: The cost basis for BTC short-term holders is around $76,000; a drop below that would put them at a loss.
According to a CoinWorld report, CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. said that the average cost basis for BTC short-term holders is approximately $76,000, and the current price is 5.9% above that cost. Over the past week, this group's unrealized profit margin narrowed from 8.7% to 5.9%, during which BTC's price fell by $1,000 while the average holding cost rose by $1,100. Currently, the average cost for short-term holders is about 1.56 times that of long-term holders, at $76,000 and $48,600 respectively. If BTC falls below $76,000, BTC bought over the past 6 months will collectively turn into unrealized losses.
BTC saw a net capital outflow of 1,133.0575 BTC over the past 24 hours.
BiJie.com data: BTC saw inflows of 5,341.7683 BTC and outflows of 6,474.8258 BTC over the past 24 hours, for a net outflow of 1,133.0575 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 exchange net inflows, on-chain exchange flows, or institutional fund flows, and should not be conflated with deposit/withdrawal data from any single exchange. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it rose 50.46%; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it fell 206.39%.
HKEX: Price limit for all securities orders tightened from nine times to five times
According to a CoinWorld report, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has approved exchange rules tightening the price limit threshold for all securities (excluding structured products) from the current nine times to five times. The amendment will take effect on Monday, November 2, 2026.
VIX期权Put/Call比报0.48
Coin World US stock data: The VIX options Put/Call ratio is 0.48, with call option trading volume higher than put option volume on the day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it rose by 0.05.
Galaxy Research: 55% of Bitcoin supply remains unidentified
CoinWorld data: A new report from Galaxy Research shows that more than 55% of the Bitcoin supply remains unassociated with any known individual or institution, with approximately 11.1 million bitcoins not appearing in the ownership records of major blockchain research firms. Despite institutional purchases and the launch of Bitcoin ETFs, Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, noted that many bitcoins may still be controlled by individuals using self-custodial wallets rather than relying on exchanges or financial institutions. The research also shows that about 45% of the Bitcoin supply has been attributed to known holders or identifiable groups. Although Bitcoin transactions are recorded on the public blockchain and wallet addresses and balances can be inspected, the ownership of a large amount of Bitcoin remains difficult to confirm.