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Three men who forced their way into a man's home in Bristol, England, and assaulted him in a failed attempt to steal <a href="/?post_type=post&p=5742" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">><span class="sc-fe458747-4 eaOPgC">cryptocurrency</span></a> have been jailed, Avon and Somerset Police <a href="https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2026/10/men-jailed-for-breaking-into-bristol-home-and-threatening-man-for-cryptocurrency/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>said</a> on Friday. Terroll Paul, 31, Mohamed Samagassi, 37, and Pierre Madzou, 30, broke into the victim's home in the early hours of May 15, assaulted him and demanded he hand over a large amount of digital currency. He was hit over the head, suffering a substantial injury that required hospital treatment. Three men who broke into a man's home in Bristol and threatened him in a failed attempt to steal cryptocurrency have been jailed. Terroll Paul, 31, Mohamed Samagassi, 37, and Pierre Madzou, 30, were sentenced yesterday (15 October).<a href="https://t.co/gQf1FuZiY6" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://t.co/gQf1FuZiY6</a> — Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) <a href="https://x.com/ASPolice/status/2111134358107033995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" rel="nofollow external noopener" target="_blank">October 16, 2026</a> The victim's teenage sister alerted police, and all three men were arrested at the scene. They pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary in August, and were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday. Paul, of Barking in London, received six years in prison, Madzou, also of Barking, five and a half years, and Samagassi, of no fixed address, five years. The victim's sister showed "extreme bravery," said PC Gemma Childs, the investigating officer, adding that her actions led directly to "the apprehension of the offenders and preventing her brother from further harm." In a statement read in court, the victim said the break-in had changed him. "Before, I was bubbly, talkative and outgoing but now I would describe myself as tense and apprehensive," he said. The police did not say how much cryptocurrency the men demanded. The case is the latest in a run of so-called "wrench attacks" in the UK, in which criminals target crypto holders in person. In February, three teenagers were <a href="https://decrypt.co/357058/uk-teens-jailed-after-4-3m-wrench-attack-robbery-caught-on-police-video" target="_blank" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS" rel="nofollow">jailed</a> over a $4.3 million wrench attack robbery caught on police video in London, while last month a $10,000 reward was <a href="https://decrypt.co/379186/10k-reward-offered-after-uk-couple-attacked-in-crypto-home-invasion" target="_blank" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS" rel="nofollow">offered</a> after a West Midlands couple was attacked in a crypto home invasion. Wrench attacks cost victims <a href="https://decry
TokenMaxxing: How to Get the Most Out of Your AI Models
<span class="">By <span><span class="underline"><a class="text-text-sub-600 gg-dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold" href="/author/jose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jose Antonio Lanz</a></span></span></span> <span class="">Edited by <span><span class="underline"><a class="text-text-sub-600 gg-dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold " href="/author/guillermo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guillermo Jimenez</a></span></span></span> <span class="whitespace-nowrap">Oct 17, 2026Oct 17, 2026</span> Meta employees burned through 60 trillion AI tokens in 30 days earlier this year, chasing spots on an internal leaderboard nicknamed "Claudeonomics." Tech columnist Gergely Orosz <a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-tokenmaxxing-as-a-weird-new-trend/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>estimated the tab</a> at roughly $900 million at Anthropic's list prices, though Meta likely pays far less. Bain & Company consultant Jue Wang sees a quieter version of that waste everywhere: "So many companies, so many users, default to using Opus for everything, including generating emails," she <a href="https://wtop.com/news/2026/07/a-flex-in-corporate-america-ai-tokenmaxxing-fades-as-workplaces-look-to-cut-tech-spending/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>told the Associated Press</a> this summer, referring to Anthropic's high-end models. If you do the same thing, you're hiring Albert Einstein to calculate your change at a MacDonald’s. Every word you type into ChatGPT or Claude, and every word it writes back, is metered in <a href="https://help.openai.com/en/articles/4936856-what-are-tokens-and-how-to-count-them" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>tokens</a>, chunks of text that average about three-quarters of a word. On a $20 subscription that meter decides how fast you hit your usage limit. On the API, the pay-per-token access developers use to plug models into their own apps, it decides the bill. Here's Anthropic's current <a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>price list</a>, per million tokens: Haiku's rate applies to prompts under 100,000 tokens; longer prompts cost five times as much. The top model costs 100 times more than the smallest, and OpenAI's <a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>own lineup</a> runs the same spread, from $10 to $0.10 per million input tokens. Those per-token prices add up fast for the labs—and you: Anthropic's revenue run rate went from about $9 billion at the end of 2025 to more than <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/29/anthropic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>$47 billion</a> by May, while OpenAI is fighting a <a href="https://decry
BTC funding rate for this period is 0.00911%
CoinWorld data: Binance BTC perpetual contract current funding rate is 0.00911%, with longs paying shorts.
BTC saw a net capital inflow of 595.7102 BTC over the past 24 hours.
BiJie.com data: BTC saw inflows of 8,272.3863 BTC and outflows of 7,676.6761 BTC over the past 24 hours, for a net inflow of 595.7102 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-calculation snapshot 24 hours ago, it is down 24.97%; compared with the same-calculation snapshot 7 days ago, it is up 157.03%.
Mastercard launches risk intelligence tool to secure stablecoin payments
CoinWorld news: Mastercard has launched a risk intelligence tool aimed at ensuring the security of stablecoin payments.
mesh has partnered with Visa to support cryptocurrency payments.
Crypto payment infrastructure company Mesh has partnered with Visa, planning to allow users to pay directly with cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances in participating wallet apps at more than 175 million Visa merchant locations worldwide, without applying for a physical or virtual payment card and without needing to sell or transfer assets in advance. The solution supports online and offline payments through Visa payment credentials configured in the background, with Mesh responsible for transaction fund allocation and asset conversion, and merchants do not need to adjust their existing payment systems. Currently, the two parties have not announced the service launch date, supported devices, or participating platforms.
The U.S. high-yield bond option-adjusted spread is at 331 basis points.
CoinWorld US stock market data: The latest daily reading of the US high-yield bond option-adjusted spread is 331 basis points.
Hyperliquid HYPE成为Multicoin最大对冲基金持仓
CoinWorld data: Hyperliquid's HYPE token has become Multicoin Capital's largest hedge fund position, with the investment firm reiterating its focus on cryptocurrencies rather than standalone artificial intelligence investments. Multicoin partner Spencer Applebaum said HYPE is the fund's largest holding but did not disclose the specific size. Applebaum also mentioned that Multicoin will continue to invest in digital assets and questioned attempts to force a connection between blockchain and artificial intelligence. The firm began building a large HYPE position in early 2026 and has continued to add to it, calling it an important asset in its liquid fund.
BTC liquidations totaled $66.3561 million over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: BTC's rolling 24-hour liquidation amount is approximately $66.3561 million, involving about 4,596 liquidated accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is up 39.29%; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is down 10.31%.
Bitcoin wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC reach a six-month high in holdings.
According to data from Bijie.com, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC increased their holdings by approximately 89,000 BTC over the past month, bringing their total holdings to 13.69 million BTC, the highest level in six months.