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Sonnet 5.5 keeps Sonnet 5 pricing ($2/$10 per million tokens) while generating output more than 30% faster and, per Anthropic, costing up to 30% less per task. Claude Code users running Sonnet with thinking disabled must move to the new between_tools setting before upgrading.
why it mattersNear-Opus agentic-coding scores at Sonnet prices change the default model calculus for coding agents.
Rollouts monitors changes as they deploy across environments, while Security Review flags exploitable vulnerabilities such as injection issues in pull requests and proposes fixes.
why it mattersAgent vendors are moving from writing code to policing deployment and security.
Anthropic reports 66.4% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 and 81.8% on OSWorld 2.1, with output over 30% faster than Opus 5 and a 1M-token context window.
why it mattersCheaper top-tier agentic coding, released Sept 22 and now the default Opus in Claude Code.
Sol is priced at $2/$10 and Luna at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, bringing Astra-generation capability and alignment gains to faster, cheaper models in the API, Codex and ChatGPT.
why it mattersSets a new price floor for capable models, following Anthropic's Opus 5.5 release about 90 minutes earlier.
Anthropic says Sonnet 5.5 scores nearly level with Opus 5.5 on GDPval-AA and reaches 55.5% on CursorBench, within about two points of Opus 5.5.
why it mattersMid-tier models are closing the gap with flagships, which affects cost/quality tradeoffs.
Owners can allowlist who may trigger workflows and which events can start them, scoped to specific workflow files, with audit insights and a REST API. Public repositories now default to having pull_request_target disabled.
why it mattersA direct hardening step against CI supply-chain attacks.
Enterprise members must re-authenticate or pass a multi-factor challenge before sensitive actions. It is currently available for managed-user enterprises using Microsoft Entra ID.
why it mattersLimits the blast radius of stolen credentials in enterprise orgs.
BTC traded near $82,958 on Monday, a strong dollar, higher yields and Brent crude above $100 weighing on crypto. It is up 4.1% on the week but down 23% year over year.
why it mattersGeopolitics and oil-driven rate expectations are the main near-term price drivers.
Cumulative inflows recovered from a $5.8 billion deficit in July to about $800 million net for the year, still far below the $35.2 billion of 2024 and $21.4 billion of 2025.
why it mattersInstitutional demand has returned, though at a much smaller scale than prior years.
Price is 1.20× the 200-week average. Weekly closes, USD, as of 28 October 2026 · data blockchain.com.