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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
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.
US Energy Secretary: Trump suspended sanctions on Russia but did not lift them.
CoinWorld news, U.S. Energy Secretary: Trump suspended sanctions on Russia but did not lift them. According to RIA Novosti, U.S. Energy Secretary Wright said on Sunday that U.S. President Trump has suspended sanctions related to Russia but has not lifted them. Wright said: "The main sanctions against Russia remain in effect." Wright stressed that the United States continues to impose "stricter than ever" restrictions on Russian oil. He further stated: "President Trump has established an exception to the sanctions, limited to diesel exports." Previously, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order suspending the implementation of sanctions against Russian officials, banks, and organizations, while new legislation against Russia provides for sanctions on these targets. Russian President Putin and U.S. President Trump reached an agreement on October 9 regarding Russia's diesel supply to the global market. The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a sanctions waiver that remains valid until April 7.
The U.S. 10-year real yield is at 2.78%.
CoinWorld US stock market data: The latest daily reading of the US 10-year real yield is 2.78%. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it was unchanged; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it fell by 0.09 percentage points.
Michael Saylor: Building a Bitcoin stablecoin with an 8% yield
According to CoinWorld news, Michael Saylor announced that he is building a Bitcoin stablecoin designed to offer an 8% yield and to serve as a dollar-pegged digital currency functioning as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.
Singapore will implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework in 2027.
Singapore will implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) in 2027, and exchanges and some payment service providers will face requirements such as user tax self-certification, transaction data aggregation, and annual reporting. Meanwhile, some crypto funds and family offices may be affected by the revised CRS.
Qubic hacked for $1.3 million, 1,404 wallets drained
Blockchain project Qubic disclosed that between October 17 and 18, approximately 2.94 trillion QU, worth $1.3 million, was transferred out of 1,404 wallets. The unauthorized transfers occurred between 23:42 and 01:26 the following day, after which network validators paused transactions at tick 85,371,949. Qubic stated that the incident involved predictable wallet seeds generated by older Apple devices and browsers, and that the issue was fixed in version 4.26.4. Developers also secured other at-risk funds before the attacker could move them. About 87.1% of the stolen QU remains within the paused Qubic network, while approximately 12.9% was transferred to the cryptocurrency exchange MEXC and frozen. The cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has suspended Qubic deposits and withdrawals. Whether victims will be compensated is to be decided by Qubic's computor clusters, and Qearn staking was unaffected.
Analyst: Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of about $320 million last week, exceeding Bitcoin ETFs.
According to CoinWorld news, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded approximately $320.1 million in net outflows last week, exceeding the $228.4 million in net outflows from Bitcoin ETFs. According to Farside Investors' daily fund flow records, Ethereum products were negative on four of the five trading days, while Bitcoin funds achieved net inflows on two days. BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) was the largest contributor to Ethereum ETF net outflows, with nearly $299 million in net outflows during the week. Overall, total net outflows from Ethereum ETFs over the past three weeks are close to $1 billion.
Bitcoin ETFs saw nearly $1 billion in outflows within two weeks, with negative performance in October.
CoinWorld data: Bitcoin ETFs saw nearly $1 billion in outflows over the past two weeks, leading to negative performance in October.
Bitcoin ETFs saw nearly $1 billion in outflows over two weeks, with continued weakness in October.
BiJie Network data: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost nearly $1 billion over the past two weeks, with a single-day net outflow of $82.4 million on Friday, resulting in a net outflow of $2.286 million for the week. According to BiJie Network data, approximately $9.1 million left these funds over the past two weeks. As inflation data exceeded expectations, market expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes intensified, causing Bitcoin's price to briefly fall below $80,000, and nearly $950 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated within the past 24 hours. In early October, inflows into these funds were approximately $293 million, but they have now declined by about $615 million.