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A judge has tossed Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), filed against the label after it released Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning track “Not Like Us.” Drake contended that UMG spread defamatory claims that he was a pedophile, made secret payments, and offered reduced licensing rates to promote Lamar’s diss track. But U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas dismissed Drake’s case on Thursday, saying that Lamar’s track is “nonactionable opinion” and not defamation. Drake was signed to Republic Records and Lamar was with Interscope Records. But both are under the UMG umbrella. So, Drake was more-or-less suing his own label. Drake maintained…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself.Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honoring her “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”The White House responded bitterly, with communications director Steven Cheung saying members of “the Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace” because they didn’t…
What to Know: Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin’s traditional four-year cycle is officially over Fed rate cuts and global liquidity expansion create unprecedented bullish conditions Bitcoin Hyper presale surges past $22.9M as investors position for new market paradigm Arthur Hayes, the crypto billionaire pardoned by President Trump, just dropped a manifesto declaring Bitcoin’s sacred four-year cycle officially deceased. RIP to the most reliable pattern in crypto, apparently. In his latest Substack post, dramatically titled Long Live the King, the former BitMEX boss argues that everything we thought we knew about Bitcoin’s cyclical behavior is misguided. The macroeconomic tea he’s spilling actually…
A little after the launch of the rest of the Pixel 10 family, Google’s new foldable is here. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold is a beast — which may not be the first thing you want to hear about a foldable.It’s perceptibly thicker than its biggest rival, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7. But avoiding the race for thinness gives Google’s new foldable some advantages. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold has the best cameras of any foldable and enhanced hardiness with the top dust resistance rating. And remember: This thing is $1,800. There’s more: It has PixelSnap, Google’s version of MagSafe,…
Indonesia has denied visas to Israeli gymnasts, costing them a spot in a world championship in Jakarta this month, a sports official in the Southeast Asian nation said on Friday, amid outcry over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The Israeli team was set to participate in the World Artistic Gymnastics championship from October 19 to 25 in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel. “They are confirmed to not be attending,” Ita Juliati, the chief of the Indonesian gymnastics federation, told reporters. The Israel Gymnastics Federation did not immediately respond to an emailed…
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On-chain data shows the Bitcoin mega whales are still in a phase of distribution despite the other cohorts shifting to buying. Bitcoin Mega Whales Have Continued To Sell During This Rally According to the latest weekly report from Glassnode, the Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score suggests a resurgence in buying among the investors. This on-chain indicator basically tells us whether the BTC holders are buying or selling. The metric calculates its value by not only looking at the balance changes happening in the wallets of the investors, but also accounting for the size of the wallets themselves. This means that the…
Inclusion in the Los Angeles Games has ensured a major boost for squash, which now hopes to use the opportunity to develop the sport and become a regular Olympic feature, World Squash president Zena Wooldridge said on Friday. Squash was among five sports added to the programme for the 2028 Games as the International Olympic Committee looked to tap into new global audiences, ending decades of previously unsuccessful bids for inclusion in the Olympic programme. “In many ways it’s been a real boost and a springboard for the sport. We instantly saw a huge surge in the motivation of players…
As CycleBar looked to reintroduce a rewards program that drives both rider engagement and franchisee profitability, Perkville’s flexible platform and Solution One’s proven lifestyle rewards system emerged as the winning combination. When Extraordinary Brands acquired CycleBar, one of the first priorities was to listen to both operators and members. Within weeks of stepping into her new role, Brand President Lori Klein met with over half of CycleBar’s franchisees to gather direct feedback. One theme stood out: riders missed CycleBar Rewards, the loyalty program powered by Perkville and Solution One that had been used prior to a transition to a different…
Following a slight slump yesterday from its recent highs, Bitcoin (BTC) is now trading in the low $120,000 range. Meanwhile, BTC’s miner correlation has undergone a significant shift over the past few months, indicating a clear change in market dynamics between miner behavior and price direction. Bitcoin Miner Correlation Turns Negative According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake post by contributor Arab Chain, fresh data from Binance shows that Bitcoin price and miner flows to the crypto exchange have undergone a significant shift in recent months. Related Reading Specifically, the 30-Day Rolling Correlation indicator has tumbled to its lowest level since March…