~Bitcoin News of the Day

• Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, recently shared on social media his plans to collaborate with Bitcoin advocates like Michael Saylor and Adam Back on Capitol Hill, emphasizing efforts to engage with U.S. policymakers on the future of digital assets.

Global Trade & ~Econ

• The nation’s ultra-wealthy population — or people with at least $30 million — rose to 13,263 people in 2023, a 6.1% jump from the year before, data from Knight Frank shows. This number is slated to surge 50.1% between 2023 and 2028, making it the fastest growth rate for UHNWIs in the world, the same report stated.

~Politics_and_Law

• It remains unclear whether or how fully he will fulfill those vows. But should he issue wide-ranging pardons, it would amount to a repudiation of the largest criminal investigation ever undertaken by the Justice Department and damage, perhaps fatally, efforts by prosecutors to seek accountability for a violent mob attack on the lawful transfer of presidential power.

~Stacker_Sports News

• “I don’t know how many years that is. If it’s one year or two years, whatever the case may be. “I said the other night, I’m not playing until the wheels fall off. I’m not going to be that guy. I’m not going to be the guy who is disrespecting the game because I just wanted to be out on the floor. That won’t be me,” he said after the win.

~Tech & ~Science

• A USC study shows a significant rise in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic that persisted into 2022. This increase was seen across most demographics with adults aged 40-49 experiencing the most notable surge. The ongoing high rates of alcohol use pose serious public health risks, highlighting the need for increased screening and intervention efforts.

~History with Mystery

• On November 24, 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson was looking for something very specific in the gravel-strewn landscape of northeastern Ethiopia. A year earlier, Johanson and a colleague had made a thrilling discovery in the very same region—a perfectly preserved knee joint from an ancient human that walked those hills 3.4 million years ago. That was nearly a million years older than the oldest known human fossil at the time.

~Entertainment World

• Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie, has died. He was 87.

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