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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
DeFi total value locked daily snapshot reports 89.251 billion USD
CoinWorld data: The daily snapshot for 2026-10-19 shows that total DeFi value locked stands at $89.251 billion, up 1.01% compared with the previous statistical period using the same methodology.
Bitcoin has broken back above $83,000.
CoinWorld data: According to WatcherGuru, the price of Bitcoin has once again surpassed $83,000.
South Korea's data center IPO tomorrow will test AI investors' confidence.
According to Bijie news, South Korean data center infrastructure company Elice Inc. will list on the KOSDAQ on Tuesday, planning to raise 201 billion Korean won (approximately 151 million US dollars) through its IPO, which will be the largest IPO on that exchange so far this year. Elice has set its offering price at 90,500 Korean won per share, and its total market capitalization after listing will exceed 1 trillion Korean won. Previously, its peer Firmus canceled its highly anticipated listing plan this month, a move that will undoubtedly test the confidence of artificial intelligence investors.
Upbit will list CT/KRW, CT/BTC, and CT/USDT trading pairs.
According to an official announcement, Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, will list CT trading pairs for Korean won, BTC, and USDT.
BTC breaks through the $83,000 mark
CoinWorld data: BTC is currently at $83,097.64, up 0.13% in 5 minutes. Please be aware of market volatility.
The ility network has experienced a security incident and has suspended its cross-chain bridge.
CoinWorld news, ility tweeted an announcement that a security incident occurred on the ility network, and the ility cross-chain bridge has been temporarily suspended. The team is working with law enforcement, cryptographic forensics experts, and investors to investigate, and will announce further developments once more information is available. The privacy-focused layer 1 blockchain project ility has raised approximately $3 million in cumulative funding so far, with major investors including Animoca Brands and DuckDAO.
The put/call ratio for individual stock options is reported at 0.65.
CoinWorld US stock data: The Put/Call ratio for single-stock options is 0.65, with call option trading volume higher than put option volume on the day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is up 0.03.
South Korea launches 2 trillion won in trade financing to support SK Hynix supply chain companies.
According to a report by Bihaiwang, the South Korean government, together with SK Hynix and the four major commercial banks, launched a symbiotic trade finance program worth 2 trillion Korean won, aimed at reducing financing costs for semiconductor suppliers and promoting expansion investment by small and medium-sized enterprises. The signing ceremony for the project was held on the 19th at the SK Hynix semiconductor industry cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, with Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan in attendance. The South Korean government plans to expand the total scale of symbiotic trade finance in the semiconductor sector to at least 5 trillion Korean won, continuously increasing financial support for suppliers and promoting the transmission of industry benefits from large chipmakers to small and medium-sized enterprises. After this signing, the total scale of symbiotic trade finance across all industries, including semiconductors, has reached 4.4 trillion Korean won, covering sectors such as automobiles, shipbuilding, and steel. The South Korean government also plans to expand the program to the defense, nuclear power, and biotechnology fields, striving to reach an overall scale of 10 trillion Korean won this year.
BTC liquidations totaled $65.8335 million over the past 24 hours.
According to BiJie.com data: BTC's rolling 24-hour liquidation amount is approximately 65.8335 million USD, involving about 4,043 liquidated accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is up 128.28%; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is up 35%.