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# Press

This week's numbers worth quoting. Each one is a sentence, its source and a link, ready to paste.

## Five numbers this week

1. 1 · $CPI · US CPI, month over month
  0.6 percent Sep 2026
  > US consumer prices changed 0.6 percent in Sep 2026 from the month before, seasonally adjusted, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures kept by Tickerz.
  Source: Tickerz $CPI (US CPI, month over month), from US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, series CUSR0000SA0. [tickerz.com/x/cpi](https://tickerz.com/x/cpi)
2. 2 · $CORECPI · US core CPI, month over month
  0.3 percent Sep 2026
  > US core consumer prices, less food and energy, changed 0.3 percent in Sep 2026 from the month before, seasonally adjusted, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures kept by Tickerz.
  Source: Tickerz $CORECPI (US core CPI, month over month), from US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, series CUSR0000SA0L1E. [tickerz.com/x/corecpi](https://tickerz.com/x/corecpi)
3. 3 · $TRENCHES · Memecoin launchpad fees
  $2.57M Oct 18 2026
  > Memecoin launchpads took $2.57M in fees on Oct 18 2026 (UTC), according to Tickerz.
  Source: Tickerz $TRENCHES (Memecoin launchpad fees), from DefiLlama, daily fees by protocol, Launchpad category. [tickerz.com/x/trenches](https://tickerz.com/x/trenches)
4. 4 · $MINTS · Memecoin launches
  43,529 coins Oct 18 2026
  > 43,529 memecoins were launched on pump.fun on Oct 18 2026 (UTC), according to Tickerz, which counts them from the Solana chain.
  Source: Tickerz $MINTS (Memecoin launches), from Solana mainnet, the pump.fun program. [tickerz.com/x/mints](https://tickerz.com/x/mints)
5. 5 · $GIGS · Paid gigs over x402
  72,768 gigs Oct 18 2026
  > About 72,768 API calls were paid for over x402, the pay per request standard, on Base on Oct 18 2026 (UTC), a Tickerz estimate from a one in sixteen sample of the chain.
  Source: Tickerz $GIGS (Paid gigs over x402), from Base mainnet, USDC signed transfers settled by x402 facilitators. [tickerz.com/x/gigs](https://tickerz.com/x/gigs)

## How to quote it

- **Name**: Tickerz, and the source it counts from. The source line under each number has both.
- **Link**: The index page, where the rule, the source's terms and the proof sit. Every index: [Index](https://tickerz.com/x).
- **Order**: The most unusual first: how far each number sits from its own normal, then the newest.
- **Check it**: Each link opens the rule and the source. Numbers a market can settle on are also counted a second time by a public script anyone can run: [Signed numbers](https://tickerz.com/signed).
- **Questions**: The desk, from [Contact](https://tickerz.com/contact).