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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
VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index daily change reported at 18.52%
CoinWorld US stock data: The VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index rose 18.52% compared with the previous trading day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days ago, it increased by 17.1122 percentage points.
SpaceX launch may recreate the jellyfish effect, Musk promises to disclose shares.
CoinWorld news, SpaceX's jellyfish phenomenon may reappear on October 19, 2026, when a Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Cape Canaveral at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The phenomenon appears as clouds formed when rocket exhaust is illuminated by sunlight at high altitude. Musk's public share pledge has drawn attention, especially after his reaction to the newly established Anthropic public benefit fund. This launch will be the 60th launch from the Space Coast this year, and SpaceX has completed 53 launches so far this year.
Five major public chains update stablecoin scale.
According to Bijie.com data, the top five public chains ranked by the size of USD-pegged stablecoins are as follows: Ethereum $144.067 billion; Tron $94.466 billion; Solana $15.507 billion; BSC $13.614 billion; Hyperliquid L1 $7.089 billion.
ZONE（Zone Frontier Inc.）停牌，因监管问题
CoinWorld news: ZONE (Zone Frontier Inc.) entered a trading halt on the NYSE at 01:47:35 on October 19, 2026 (Eastern Time), with the official reason being regulatory issues.
Microsoft and Meta lead AI spending cuts as companies begin to tighten investment
CoinWorld data: As costs rise and returns disappoint, companies such as Microsoft and Meta are cutting AI spending. Research shows that corporate spending growth on AI is slowing, even as adoption continues to rise. Microsoft is reportedly cutting internal spending on Anthropic's Claude by more than a third, with annual spending expected to exceed $1 billion. Meanwhile, Meta has halved its Claude Code users from about 60,000 to 30,000, shifting instead to internally developed alternatives. The latest Ramp AI Index shows that enterprise AI adoption reached 55.9% in September, but new customer growth has slowed significantly. Despite increased usage, corporate spending on AI tokens has barely grown for two consecutive months. Ramp attributes the slowdown to falling model prices and improved efficiency, allowing companies to achieve more without increasing budgets.
The 4-hour trading volume ratio of SOL contracts to spot is 8.91.
CoinWorld data: Over the most recent 4 complete hours, SOLUSDT perpetual contract trading volume was 8.91 times its spot trading volume. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it rose by 1.8135; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier, it rose by 0.1149.
Grayscale：ETH、SOL和BNB不是共识交易
CoinWorld data: Grayscale research head Zach Pandl said that while crypto-native traders are chasing Zcash and HyperLiquid, Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Binance Smart Chain (BNB) are not the current consensus trades. He advised investors "not to overlook the classic assets." Pandl expects that trillions of dollars in assets will move on-chain in the future, and nearly all activity will require smart contract platforms. He believes many crypto-native investors are buying privacy tokens and yield-generating projects while overlooking core infrastructure. He described these three networks as playing an "absolutely critical role" in crypto portfolios.
Mt. Gox: Creditor Repayment Deadline Extended to October 2027
According to CoinWorld news, Mt. Gox has announced that the deadline for creditor repayments has been extended to October 31, 2027, with court approval granted to give creditors more time to complete the required procedures. According to a notice dated October 16, the repayment deadline originally set for October 31, 2026, was postponed because many creditors had not yet completed the procedures or had encountered issues during the distribution process. Although most creditors have completed the submission of the required information, a considerable number of creditors have still not received repayment. This court-approved extension provides the rehabilitation trustee with an additional 12 months to continue making feasible distributions.
The 4-hour trading volume ratio of ETH futures to spot is 15.28.
CoinWorld data: Over the most recent 4 complete hours, ETHUSDT perpetual contract trading volume was 15.28 times spot trading volume. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it rose by 0.0182; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier, it fell by 1.7779.