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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
Analyst: Cysic cross-chain bridge attacked, 10 million CYS tokens minted
Cysic cross-chain bridge was attacked on October 17. The attacker unauthorizedly minted 10 million cys tokens on BNB Smart Chain. The project team has suspended the cross-chain bridge, blacklisted the relevant addresses, and hired a security firm to investigate. The attacker gained access to the database and exploited a logic vulnerability to forge minting messages. The cysic mainnet and user assets were not affected. Currently, approximately 2.8 million cys tokens are restricted from being transferred, and the actual losses are still under verification.
AAPL off-exchange short sale volume reported at 53.87%
BiJie Network US stock data: AAPL's off-exchange short selling volume accounted for 53.87% of the total that day. This was flat compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier.
Multiple energy facilities in Ukraine were hit in attacks, causing power outages.
CoinWorld news: Russian attacks on energy facilities in multiple regions of Ukraine have caused power outages. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media on the 18th that Russian forces launched attacks on substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions on the night of the 17th, causing tens of thousands of households to lose power. In addition, Russian airstrikes on Ukraine that night have killed 2 people and injured 12 others. Zelensky said that since US President Trump claimed a one-week "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine, Russia has launched 76 attacks on Ukraine's power, oil, and gas facilities. Over the past week, Russian forces have fired a total of 2,700 attack drones, more than 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles into Ukrainian territory, with the main targets of the airstrikes being Ukraine's energy facilities. He called on the United States to exert pressure on Russia. Separately, according to messages posted on social media on the morning of the 18th by Ukrainian officials and energy companies, from the night of the 17th to the early morning of the 18th, Russian forces launched airstrikes on energy facilities in multiple places across Ukraine, causing emergency power outages in Kyiv city, Kyiv region, Odesa region, Ternopil region, and other areas.
Musk reveals new progress: Texas will plan a dedicated circular track for the Tesla Roadster.
BiJie Network News: Musk Reveals New Progress — Texas Will Plan a Dedicated Loop Track for the Tesla Roadster. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently stated on social media that the new Tesla Roadster can autonomously perform, at the owner's command, the various stunt maneuvers demonstrated at the product launch event, and that Tesla plans to build a high-difficulty loop track at its Texas headquarters.
Bitcoin's market cap dominance stands at 60.09%.
Bijie.com data: Under Bijie.com's unified market methodology, Bitcoin's market capitalization accounts for 60.09% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization.
1. Reiterate that the Iran war will end soon.
Coin World News, 1. Reiterated that the Iran war will end soon and gasoline prices will fall — According to the Associated Press, U.S. President Trump talked about gasoline prices at a rally in Kentucky on Saturday, claiming that the Iran war, which has lasted nearly eight months, will end soon, and that gasoline prices will then fall below pre-war levels. Trump also reiterated a much-questioned promise: if Republicans win control of both the House and Senate, every American adult will receive $5,000. 2. Said he has more power in his second term: can do incredible things — According to the Associated Press, on Saturday local time, U.S. President Trump held a rally in Kentucky to campaign for Republican candidates. As Republicans face pressure from the midterm elections, Trump talked up his power in his second presidential term, saying: "I can do incredible things." He mentioned his decision to change the U.S. government's name for the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." Trump said: "I don't think I could have done that in my first term."
BTC perpetual contract open interest totals 15.038 billion USD.
According to BiJie.com data, under the statistical methodology of selected mainstream platforms, the total notional open interest of BTC USDT-margined perpetual contracts amounts to 15.038 billion USD.
BTC liquidations totaled $40.0323 million over the past 24 hours.
CoinWorld data: BTC's rolling 24-hour liquidation amount is approximately $40.0323 million, involving about 2,387 liquidated accounts. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours ago, it is down 46.39%; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it is up 847.69%.
NVDA off-exchange short sale volume reported at 39.8%
CoinWorld US stock data: NVDA's off-exchange short selling volume accounted for 39.8% of the total that day. This was flat compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, and down 8.4265 percentage points compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier.