The latest on Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki: What we learned from the pitcher’s agent at the winter meetings

DALLAS — The baseball world is captivated by Roki Sasaki and where he’ll play in 2024. But Sasaki, it seems, is just as unsure as everyone else. Back in November, news broke that the 23-year-old Japanese phenomenon was readying himself for a stateside journey. Sasaki’s NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, were expected to “post” … Read more

Trae Young makes his return to MSG, Jimmy Butler’s landing spots & Caitlin Clark is TIME’s athlete of the year

Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill Vincent Goodwill and Dan Titus break down the Bucks’ win over the Magic in Tuesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinals and preview Trae’s return to MSG as the Atlanta Hawks take on the New York Knicks in a tournament continuation of the rivalry. Vince and Dan then chat trade rumors … Read more

When Will Facebook & Instagram Come Back? Inside the Meta Outage – Hollywood Life

Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images Unless you’re one of the few who don’t have social media, you probably noticed that your Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps weren’t working on December 11. It turned out that Meta went through a widespread outage later that morning and afternoon. For hours, businesses, influencers and other … Read more

A Quantum Threat to Bitcoin?

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief for features, opinion and standards. In this issue: What does Google’s quantum computing chip mean for Bitcoin? Dev’s defection highlights Ethereum’s growing Solana problem OrdinalsBot inscribes largest-ever file on Bitcoin blockchain Polygon touts … Read more

Four Verts: Falcons’ late-season collapse isn’t surprising, and how dangerous are the Seahawks?

(Yahoo Sports) The postseason is rapidly approaching, clearing up the image as far as teams that have a shot to make the playoffs over the final month of the season. This week’s Four Verts starts with a team that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, rapidly fallen down the standings after a month-long skid. Falcons blowing the divisional … Read more

All About Tal, Oren & Alon Alexander – Hollywood Life

Image Credit: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via The Alexander brothers have made headlines over their sex trafficking charges. Tal, Oren, and Alon were arrested in Miami, Florida on Wednesday December 11, 2024 because they allegedly “repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault and rape dozens of women,” per the indictment that was unsealed in New York the … Read more

BTC $200K, COIN in S&P 500, and a Number of Crypto IPOs Among Bitwise 2025 Predictions

With the highly successful introduction of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, the U.S. crypto regulatory situation looking much rosier now that former President Donald Trump has been elected for a second term, and the bullish price action, it’s undeniable that 2024 was a big year for crypto. But things could get even crazier in 2025, according … Read more

Dismantling SAB 121 Could Enable Crypto Custody Services and Staking Product Offerings

One of the most significant factors for the crypto industry lies not in market dynamics, but in the political arena. Trump’s pro-crypto rhetoric certainly grabbed headlines, but the real catalyst for banks and other financial intermediaries is likely a Republican sweep in Congress, given that most of his pledges would require legislative approval. With strong … Read more