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This Facebook cryptocurrency is real, people, Microsoft has a blockchain product as well, Verizon is looking to unload Tumblr, Softbank is considering an IPO for the vision fund and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System (WSJ)
• Project Libra: Facebook to launch stablecoin-based payments network (The Block)
• Report: Facebook looking to disrupt credit cards with cryptocurrency (ArsTechnica)
• Microsoft adds more AI, mixed-reality, IoT services to its Azure line-up (ZDNet)
• Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service (TechCrunch)
• Verizon Looks to Unload Tumblr Blogging Site (WSJ)
• SoftBank Considers IPO for $100 Billion Vision Fund (WSJ)
• Sonic’s live-action design upset the entire internet, so the studio is changing it (The Verge)

The Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program (ReCode)
• The search for the kryptonite that can stop CRISPR (MIT Technology Review)
• The Most Valuable Company (for Now) Is Having a Nadellaissance (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Software, the Tough Tomato Principle, and the Great Weirdening of the World (Florent Crivello)
• The productivity pit: how Slack is ruining work (ReCode)
• Exclusive: The Saga Of 'Star Citizen,' A Video Game That Raised $300 Million—But May Never Be Ready To Play (Forbes)

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