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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
The New York Stock Exchange extends certain options trading hours through December.
According to CoinWorld news, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has extended trading hours for options on some NYSE American listings. The first batch of eligible underlying securities includes the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF, the SPDR Gold Trust, as well as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alibaba, TSMC, Alphabet, Amazon, Oracle, and others. The pre-market trading session runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time, and the post-market session runs from 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Kevin Tyrrell, NYSE Chief Product Officer, said: "Extended options trading hours reflect market demand, allowing investors to capture investment opportunities over a longer period and conduct reliable risk management." The NYSE plans to expand similar extended trading hour arrangements to stock trading in December.
U.S. semiconductor stocks continued to strengthen, with TSMC shares rising 3.48%.
According to CoinWorld news, the U.S. semiconductor sector has continued to strengthen recently, with TSMC shares up 3.48%, SK Hynix shares up 6%, Micron Technology shares up 5.35%, Intel shares up 6.05%, and Lam Research shares up 6.03%. The Nasdaq 100 index extended its gains to 2%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.9%.
Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs saw net outflows exceeding $180 million.
BiJie Network data: On October 19, Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs saw outflows of $94.94 million and $87.51 million respectively, totaling more than $180 million. Among them, Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of 1,156 BTC, amounting to $94.94 million, while Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of 36,378 ETH, amounting to $87.51 million.
The U.S. 10-year breakeven inflation rate is reported at 2.35%.
CoinWorld US stock data: The latest daily reading of the U.S. 10-year breakeven inflation rate is 2.35%.
USDC issuance on HyperLiquid L1 is on par with its supply on Solana.
According to Bijie data, the circulating supply of USDC on HyperLiquid L1 has now caught up with its supply on Solana.
ETF fund outflows: Both BTC and ETH saw single-day net outflows exceeding 30,000.
BiJie Network data: On October 19, the single-day net outflow of Bitcoin ETFs was 1,156 coins (approximately $94.94 million), and the 7-day net outflow was 2,926 coins (approximately $240.41 million). The single-day net outflow of Ethereum was 36,378 coins (approximately $87.51 million), and the 7-day net outflow was 130,684 coins (approximately $314.39 million).
Bitcoin's hash rate has recovered to within 7% of its all-time high.
According to data from Bijie.com, Bitcoin's hash rate has rebounded to within 7% of its all-time high.
The Nasdaq 100 Index's gain widened to 2%.
According to Bijie.com, the Nasdaq 100 index extended its gains to 2%, while the S&P 500 index rose 0.9%.