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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>
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.
Brazil's B3 exchange adjusts trading volatility limits.
According to a report by Caixin on October 26, the Brazilian B3 exchange has adjusted the lower limit of the Ibovespa index trading range to -20%, and the foreign exchange trading range limit to 12%.
U.S. natural gas futures extended their decline on October 26, falling 5% to their lowest level since April, driven by rising production and expectations of weaker demand, Cailian Press reported.
CoinWorld news, Cailian Press, October 26: U.S. natural gas futures extended their decline, falling 5% to the lowest level since April, driven by rising production and lower demand expectations.
Vanguard购买750万美元Metaplanet股份
According to WatcherGuru, Vanguard recently purchased shares worth $7.5 million in the Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, with the total transaction amount reaching $13.3 trillion.
Strive increases its Bitcoin holdings to 43,000 BTC, up more than 470% year to date.
BiJie Network data: Strive recently purchased an additional 6,182 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 43,000. According to the data, Strive's bitcoin holdings have grown by more than 470% year-to-date. In the Bitcoin 100 ranking, Strive ranks 4th.
Strive acquired 6,182 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 43,000.
CoinWorld news, according to Cointelegraph, Strive recently acquired 6,182 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 bitcoins.