~Bitcoin News of the Day

• President Nayib Bukele is aiming to devise a way to monetize the volcano power of El Salvador including bitcoin in the mix. Bukele recently stated that he was considering establishing a “rent-a-volcano” program, allowing third parties to harness geothermal energy for bitcoin mining purposes.

Global Trade & ~Econ

• The cost of Neom has been estimated to be as high as $1.5 trillion. In the years since it was announced, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the mammoth sovereign wealth fund now overseeing $925 billion in assets, has poured billions into overseas investments, with ever-increasing waves of foreign investors flying to the kingdom to raise cash.

~Politics_and_Law

• The first is the question of what this would do for his legacy and for the political standing of the Democratic Party, but Biden may not care much about either. For one thing, his political legacy, at least at the moment, is already in tatters with Trump’s ascent. And this is his son. As for potential fallout for his fellow Democrats, Biden is probably not in a particularly charitable mood these days given his ousting as the party’s 2024 nominee and the post-election recriminations that lay Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss at his feet.

~Stacker_Sports News

• Maybe most of the time it is. Not lately, though. Not when Sinner, who is just 23, is the one swinging a racket. He simply does not lose matches. Doesn't even cede a set nowadays. Wrapping up an eventful season that featured a 73-6 record and eight individual titles — including at the Australian Open in January, the U.S. Open in September and the ATP Finals a week ago — Sinner led Italy past the Netherlands for the Davis Cup with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory over Tallon Griekspoor.

~Tech & ~Science

• New Curtin University-led research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its past. The study analysed a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from the famous Martian meteorite NWA7034, also known as Black Beauty, and found geochemical 'fingerprints' of water-rich fluids.

~History with Mystery

• In 1620, about 100 religious Pilgrims left England on the Mayflower for the "New World" and landed in modern-day southeastern Massachusetts, a region inhabited by the Wampanoag people. They'd originally planned to settle in the northern part of the preexisting Virginia Colony, but bad weather led them to seek shelter in Cape Cod, where they then decided to stay, according to the Plimouth Patuxet Museums. The Pilgrims subsequently founded Plymouth Colony and formed an alliance with the Wampanoag.

~Entertainment World

• Born in Leeds, England in 1933, Bradford started out as a journalist before picking up the pen and writing novels. Her stories often focused on rags-to-riches journeys for young women. A bestseller in both the U.K. and U.S., Bradford wrote a total of 40 books across her career. Other popular novels of hers include Ravenscar, Cavendon and the House of Falconer series.

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