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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
JPMorgan upgrades Intel, shares rise 4.8%
According to CoinWorld news, Intel (INTC.O) shares rose 4.8% after JPMorgan upgraded its rating from underweight to neutral.
The 4-hour trading volume ratio of BTC contracts to spot is 15.63.
BiJie Network data: Over the most recent 4 complete hours for BTCUSDT, perpetual contract trading volume was 15.63 times spot trading volume. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it rose by 7.2642; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier, it rose by 8.4825.
US memory sector opens higher at the US market open.
According to CoinWorld news, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow down 0.05%, the S&P 500 up 0.54%, and the Nasdaq up 0.9%. SK Hynix rose 4.5%, SanDisk rose 4.6%, Micron Technology rose 3.7%, Western Digital rose 3.1%, and Nvidia rose 1.4%.
Nine listed companies oppose OKX and ICE's tokenized stocks.
Coin World news, according to Cointelegraph, nine publicly listed companies have formally objected to the issuance of tokenized versions of their shares on a proposed platform supported by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). ICE is the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The companies involved include Cerebras Systems, AppLovin, Applied Digital, Rocket Lab, CoreWeave, Verizon Communications, Applied Optoelectronics, Broadcom, and UnitedHealth Group. The announcement did not disclose the specific reasons for each company's objection. Under the innovation exemption arrangement published by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 17, tokenized trading platforms must issue written notice to issuers and provide an opportunity to object before listing third-party tokenized stocks. Over the past 30 days, more than $754 million in funds have moved on-chain, with the total scale of stablecoins and tokenized assets reaching $320 billion.
Binance completed its 37th quarterly burn, destroying 1.64 million BNB, valued at over $1.197 billion.
CoinWorld data: According to WatcherGuru, Binance burned 1.64 million BNB in its 37th quarterly burn, worth over $1.197 billion.
The S&P 500 Tail Risk Index stands at 168.59 points.
Biji Network US stock market data: The S&P 500 Tail Risk Index closed at 168.59 points. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it rose by 13.53 points.
Hoskinson is developing a new programming language, aiming to address challenges in the crypto industry.
According to CoinWorld news, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is personally developing a new programming language aimed at combining transaction intents with cryptographic proofs. He also revealed a major initiative called Midnight, aimed at solving unresolved challenges in the crypto industry, calling it a potential "magnum opus." Midnight will also expand into AI-driven cross-chain transactions, automated trading strategies, and digital identity through the Midnight Passport. Hoskinson said the new concept is almost fully designed, but its details, its connection to these plans, and its release timeline remain undisclosed.
Gate completed dividend distribution for 88 U.S. stocks and ETF tickers.
According to a Gate official announcement, 88 U.S. stock targets including Intuit (INTU) and Thermo Fisher (TMO) have declared cash dividends for this period. Gate has completed USDT dividend settlement on a proportional basis for users who held the relevant stocks within the snapshot period, with the entire process handled automatically and no action required from users. This dividend distribution covers relevant U.S. stock targets with corporate dividend dates from October 13 to October 16, 2026, spanning multiple industry sectors such as technology and semiconductors, financial services, energy, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, real estate REITs, utilities, materials manufacturing, media and entertainment, telecommunications, and strategy ETFs. Representative targets include Intuit (INTU), Thermo Fisher (TMO), Mondelez (MDLZ), Monolithic Power (MPWR), and Lam Research (LRCX).