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<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 liquidations totaled $47.639 million over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: BTC's rolling 24-hour liquidation amount is approximately $47.639 million, involving about 3,053 liquidated accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is up 31.99%; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is up 96.61%.
Latvia plans to allow residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrency starting in 2027.
CoinDesk reports that Latvian Prime Minister's advisor Didzis Dejus said the country plans to allow residents to pay personal taxes with cryptocurrency as early as 2027. The Ministry of Finance has agreed to the plan, but technical integration with payment service providers still needs to be completed. On October 15, the Latvian parliament passed a cryptocurrency tax reform bill, changing the taxation method from per-transaction to taxing only the portion of withdrawals from crypto investment accounts that exceeds the deposited principal. The new law also introduces a one-time declaration mechanism, allowing holders to settle past tax obligations by paying 10% of the market value of assets declared at the end of 2026. The declaration period runs from April 1 to May 31, 2027, and taxes must be paid in full by July 23.
Galaxy Research: Weak corporate buying and ETF outflows weigh on Bitcoin.
Biji Network data: Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Research, pointed out that Bitcoin's weakness in October was affected by weak corporate treasury accumulation and net outflows from spot ETFs. As of October 18, selling pressure from long-term holders exceeded institutional absorption, with a cumulative net negative of 127,300 BTC year-to-date. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of approximately $355 million year-to-date, with slight net outflows so far in October.
The long-to-short account ratio for BTC contracts was 1.78 as of 00:00 on October 19, 2026.
CoinWorld data: The BTCUSDT 4-hour long/short account ratio is 1.78, with more net long accounts than net short accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it rose by 0.0975; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it rose by 0.3075.
Latvia's parliament passes cryptocurrency tax law, effective from 2027.
Latvian parliament passes a cryptocurrency tax law, effective in 2027, focusing on taxing withdrawal amounts exceeding deposits and including a one-time declaration mechanism, according to BiJie Network.
The U.S. 10-year breakeven inflation rate is reported at 2.35%.
CoinWorld US stock market data: The latest daily reading of the US 10-year breakeven inflation rate is 2.35%. It is unchanged compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier.
Ledger CEO clashes with former Mt. Gox chief over $90 million wallet theft
CoinWorld data: Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier and former Mt. Gox chief Mark Karpelès have publicly clashed over a modified hardware wallet warning linked to an estimated $90 million cryptocurrency theft. In an exchange on October 17, Karpelès questioned whether Ledger clearly communicated the dangers of a sophisticated spy implant. Gauthier defended Ledger's security efforts and challenged Karpelès's criticism. The dispute stems from the discovery of unauthorized electronic components in a genuine Ledger device, with investigators finding that the additional hardware was capable of capturing the wallet's 24-word mnemonic during setup and transmitting it via cellular connection. Research estimates losses exceeding $90 million. Ledger has not confirmed this figure as a final verified total, and Karpelès's claim that early warnings could have prevented these losses remains unsubstantiated.
Tether backs the Aisa payment network, which has processed over 100 million transactions.
CoinWorld data: According to Cointelegraph, Tether is backing Aisa, a payment network that allows AI agents to pay for their own data, APIs, and compute. Aisa says it already has 250,000 agents and over 100 million transactions.
KuCoin Extends SEPA Service Maintenance Announcement
KuCoin announced that due to the additional time required for system upgrades, the ongoing SEPA service maintenance has been extended. During the maintenance period, EUR deposits and withdrawals via SEPA may experience interruptions. The maintenance is expected to end at 04:00 (UTC) on October 19, 2026. Other payment methods will not be affected, and SEPA services are expected to return to normal after the maintenance is completed. We will provide further updates if there are any changes to the maintenance plan. Please rest assured that your assets are safe on KuCoin.