Tue. 01/05 – US Banks Can Now Issue Stablecoins

The OCC clears US banks to run crypto nodes and issue stablecoins. Microsoft wants to make One Outlook to rule all your email and calendar apps. Looks like Haven couldn’t solve healthcare. Why haven’t we seen Jack Ma in public for going on two months now? And Singapore says SYKE on that whole, not using Covid tracking data to keep track of citizens.

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Links:

• US regulator: Federally chartered banks can facilitate stablecoin payments, issue their own (The Block)
• Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s new ‘One Outlook’ app leaks online (The Verge)
• Haven, the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture to disrupt health care, is disbanding after 3 years (CNBC)
• Kuo: Apple to Unveil AirTags, Augmented Reality Device, and More in 2021 (MacRumors)
• Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Has Been Missing For 2 Months (ZeroHedge)
• Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations (ZDNet)
• Dell built a range of monitors for video conferencing (Engadget)
• Dell's new Latitude 9000 laptops feature an automatic webcam shutter (Engadget)

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