Mindful Tech's Mind Lab releases open-source 749B AI Agent Macaron-V1-Preview
On June 8, per BlockBeats' monitoring, Mindverse’s Mind Lab has open-sourced the personal AI model Macaron-V1-Preview, which has 749 billion parameters. Built on the GLM5.1 pre-trained base, it offers a 202k context window and is released under the MIT license. The development team, led by Chen Kaijie and Andrew (co-authors of the ReAct and FireAct papers), includes core researchers from DeepSeek, ByteDance, and xAI.
Currently, the model has deep integration with Mindverse’s assistant app Macaron, which boasts 2 million users, creating a closed “Product-Model” iterative feedback loop. Earlier this June, Mindverse closed a nearly $50 million Series A funding round led by Meituan.
Macaron-V1-Preview underwent reinforcement learning training based on GLM5.1. It adopts a Mixture-of-LoRA (MoL) architecture, where task-specific “LoRA skill packs”—covering emotion understanding, tool usage, and coding capabilities—are mounted on a shared base model. These skill packs support sub-second dyna
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Source: Insider
Insiders: Visa, Mastercard in Talks with Stripe, Coinbase on Stablecoin Platform Partnership
NEW YORK, June 8 (Fortune) — Visa and Mastercard are in active talks with companies including Stripe, Coinbase, and potential additional players to form a stablecoin alliance and launch a dedicated new stablecoin platform, per sources familiar with the matter cited by Fortune.
If the partnership is finalized, it would deliver a major shakeup to the $300 billion-plus global stablecoin market. Leveraging Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe’s massive reach in worldwide retail payments, the new platform aims to drive wider adoption of stablecoins for everyday transactions.
Industry observers are closely tracking how the plan will impact Circle. Right now, Circle’s USDC dominates the regulated stablecoin market in North America and Europe. Insiders note that Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, or all three could use the alliance to push merchants to adopt their own stablecoins, unlocking new revenue streams like reserve interest earnings.
For Coinbase, it’s continuing to reap benefits from its 2023 dea
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U.S. Stock Index Futures Rebound, Chip Stocks Rally, Market Focus on Iran-US Tensions and SpaceX IPO
June 8. U.S. stock index futures were pointing higher in pre-market trading Monday, with Nasdaq 100 futures climbing 1.1%, S&P 500 futures up 0.6%, and Dow futures adding roughly 85 points. That comes on the heels of a brutal Friday for tech: The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 4.2%—its worst single-day drop since April 2025—fueled by profit-taking in chip stocks.
Chip stocks bounced back sharply Monday. NAND chip maker Micron Technology rose more than 3% in pre-market action, recouping some of its 13% Friday slump; Nvidia and Broadcom also notched pre-market gains. The Philadelphia Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) was up 2.4% in early trading, after plunging 10% last Friday—its steepest single-day drop in over six years.
Middle East tensions are also roiling markets: Iran launched a missile strike over the weekend, stoking fears about the region’s shaky ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later said it carried out a “ widespread attack ” on Iran’s strategic defense systems. International oi
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Israeli Military Strikes Iran's Maroun Shar Petrochemical Site Again, Iran Threatens to Expand Retaliation Scope
The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on Iran’s key Mahshahr petrochemical complex in southern Iran on June 8 local time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that day. The strike marks the first time Israel has targeted the facility since a ceasefire agreement went into effect on April 7.
The site struck, the Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex, is Iran’s largest petrochemical facility, with more than 50 plants and an annual production capacity of roughly 72 million tons. Iranian media reported the complex’s Karun Petrochemical Plant was hit twice around 7:30 a.m. local time on June 8. No casualties have been confirmed, though the facility sustained damage.
The IDF stated the attack targeted a military-linked site used to produce raw materials for Iran’s ballistic missile program. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) condemned the strike as a “dangerous game” and warned it would expand retaliation against Israel, including targeting energy-related infrastructur
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Hwang's Speech Fails to Boost Sentiment as Micron Struggles, US Stock Storage Sector Up in Pre-market, 92% of Institutional Analysts Still Maintain Buy Rating on MU
June 8 – NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang addressed last Friday’s broad selloff in AI-related stocks during a public event, emphasizing: “We are at the beginning of the AI revolution. Whatever happens in the stock market, you should be happy because you can now finally buy high-quality assets at a discount.” Huang added that global AI infrastructure is still in its early stages, and short-term market volatility amounts to a “discount coupon” for long-term investors.
But Huang’s optimistic remarks failed to lift South Korean storage giant SK Hynix. Hit by the global tech stock rout, SK Hynix tumbled nearly 10% at the open of South Korea’s stock market, closing with a roughly 7.68% drop to 1.911 million Korean won—extending ongoing pressure on the AI memory sector.
On the U.S. stock front, pre-market trading showed relative resilience: STX rose 2.53%, WDC gained 2.67%, SNDK climbed 2.62%, and Micron Technology (MU) advanced 4.2%.
In a sharply different view, Raymond James financial analy
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