Meta announces acquisition of Singapore AI startup Manus, marking the company's third-largest deal in history, highlighting its ambitions in the general Agent competition. (Background: The popular Chinese AI agent "Manus" received a $75 million investment from Silicon Valley Benchmark, with a valuation surpassing $500 million) (Additional context: Grok4 intelligence score beats OpenAI o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro! Is the multi-competition shifting to the political arena?) M eta announced a few hours ago that it has acquired Singapore AI startup Manus, becoming the third-largest acquisition after WhatsApp and ScaleAI. Manus founder Xiao Hong will also join Meta as Vice President. > Manus has built one of the leading autonomous general agents capable of independently executing tasks.

Don't panic! FB is not canceling the Like button. Meta announced that in 2026, only the embedded plugin for "external websites" will be discontinued; the functions within the app and official website will remain completely normal. This is a decision to phase out outdated technology and does not affect the daily interactions of regular users. (Background: Meta's Zuckerberg busy for nothing! Despite a hundred-million-dollar salary, three AI experts left in two months.) (Additional context: Meta's crypto payments making a big comeback? Rumors of stablecoin payments being tested internally on FB and IG—Zuckerberg hasn't abandoned his blockchain ambitions.) Recently, a message has been circulating on social media and in the press: "Facebook will cancel the Like and Comment features in 2026." This has caused anxiety among content creators and businesses, who worry that Meta plans to completely change its algorithm so that engagement rates will no longer matter. However, this is entirely a case of "taking things out of context" and clickbait headlines.

The internet celebrity Leo, who is also an editor for Dcard Video, recently shared the ups and downs he experienced in the crypto world on his personal channel. He also shared his insights as an old sucker throughout the journey. He suggested that newbies don't necessarily have to buy Bitcoin, but they must understand crypto assets. Because crypto assets have become a trend, an unavoidable financial product. If you want to buy crypto assets, start with spot. He also used his experience of getting liquidated for 1 million overnight as an example and does not recommend opening contracts with high leverage. Entered the crypto world in 2017, Leo is a seasoned sucker. He said that he entered the crypto world around 2017, when his salary working in Taipei was about 18,000 to 20,000 TWD. At that time, life was already tight, so he began to think about how to increase his income. It was then that he accidentally discovered a group on FB called the Mining Group, which had a title that read "Mining through Graphics Cards."

Meta Platforms plans to expand its physical retail footprint, drawing on Apple's experience, by promoting VR and AI hardware devices through experiential marketing. (Background: A sneak peek at the next generation of Ray-Ban smart glasses: supporting facial recognition, built-in AI assistant...) (Context: Is Meta making a significant return to encryption payments? FB and IG are rumored to be testing stablecoin payments, as Zuckerberg hasn't given up on his blockchain ambitions.) Social media giant Meta is brewing a major strategic shift: significantly opening physical retail stores in the real world! According to reports from Business Insider, Meta is planning to open more physical locations and hire sales staff to expand the scale of its currently singular Meta Store. The report states that Meta's strategy aims to learn from Apple's successful model, allowing

After abandoning Diem (Libra) three years ago, Meta is rumored to be re-exploring the integration of stablecoins into its platform to improve cross-border payments. Reflects changes in the market and regulatory environment. (Synopsis: Zuckerberg is finished!) Antitrust settlement failed "FTC to fine $30 billion", WSJ: Meta only wants to pay 450 million magnesium, which even IG can't afford) (Background supplement: Former Meta executives broke the news that Zuckerberg licked complicity: secretly created "Facebook Taiwan and Hong Kong censorship" tools, sold Facebook user privacy) After ending its ambitious Diem (formerly Libra) cryptocurrency project three years ago, tech giant Meta seems to be planning to re-enter the blockchain space. According to a recent report from Fortune magazine, Meta is in deep talks with cryptocurrency companies to explore the integration of stablecoins in its vast ecosystem, especially for use everywhere

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms scrambled to remove its own AI-generated accounts from the Facebook platform following an outcry from users. Human users started communicating with the AI bots that posted sloppy imagery and conversations laden with lies in their chats with humans. The matter

Original Author: Jaleel 加六, BlockBeats Earlier this year, I was writing "13 Lines of Code to Help BTC Implement Smart Contract? When reading OP\_CAT soft fork, OP\_CAT is still an unfamiliar term to many people. If it weren't for the BTC Non-fungible Token project Taproot Wizards to launch the Quantum Cat series Non-fungible Token with the help of meme culture to build momentum for OP\_CAT, few people would probably know about this seemingly boring technical concept. But just half a year later, OP\_CAT has become extremely popular, and is even regarded as the next "Lighting Network". The recently popular Fractal Bitcoin network is actually the implementation of OP\_CAT in BTC, Token FB.

Earlier this year, I was writing "13 Lines of Code to Help BTC Implement Smart Contract? When reading OP\_CAT soft fork, OP\_CAT is still an unfamiliar term to many people. If it weren't for the BTC Non-fungible Token project Taproot Wizards to launch the Quantum Cat series Non-fungible Token with the help of meme culture to build momentum for OP\_CAT, few people would probably know about this seemingly boring technical concept. But just half a year later, OP\_CAT has become hot and even seen as the next 'Lighting Network'. The recently popularized fractal network Fractal Bitcoin is actually the code implementation of OP\_CAT in BTC. Token FB has tripled in value within a few days of its launch. Therefore, within the BTC ecosystem, multiple projects based on OP\_CAT have emerged in just one day.

Yesterday may have been a day suitable for cats to come out and sunbathe, at least in the BTC ecosystem. Within a day, we saw 3 BTC FT protocols driven by OP\_CAT—CAT20 on Fractal, CATNIP by the 'Quantum Cat' team, and 'Danny CAT20' by the 'Moto series'. Among these three, CAT20 on Fractal has already been implemented vigorously, and the price of $FB once exceeded $30. At the time of writing this article, the on-chain Miner fee rate of Fractal has reached as high as 2000 sats/vb.

FractalMainnet is online, and its unique Cadence MiningMining mechanism has spawned many Fractal ecosystem Mining projects. Users are enthusiastic about renting Computing Power to participate in mining, but their Mining output and returns are closely followed. Based on the current monthly rental price of 1 PH/s Computing Power on the market, it can achieve breakeven by obtaining 5.26 FB per day. Therefore, renting Computing Power to mine FB may be futile, and losses may even be magnified. However, as Computing Power increases and block generation speed accelerates, daily production will exceed expectations, and players renting Computing Power to participate in mining can still make profits. However, Fractal still faces challenges such as network stability, Node issues, and excessively high Token Market Cap.

FractalMainnet is online, and the mining output and returns are highly followed. Renting 1 PH/s of computing power can earn 4.8 FB per day (about $91.2), but due to excessive computing power, there is a high risk of continuous losses. Based on the actual output estimation, 1 PH/s can obtain 10.3 FB today. Even with the most conservative output estimate, renting computing power can still earn $195.7. It is worth noting that network stability and price fluctuation will still affect mining returns, and doubts always exist.