The crypto market exhibited signs of optimism during the Asia session on Monday, with bitcoin BTC$90,173.03 rising above $92,000 having spent the weekend trapped in a tight range below $90,000. The largest cryptocurrency has now reversed Friday’s sell-off and is within striking distance of last week’s high of $94,200. U.S. equity index futures also posted…
Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, has placed himself at the center of the pack — literally — with his latest viral installation at Art Basel Miami Beach, and there’s still time to see it through Sunday. His “Regular Animals” project features $100,000 robotic dogs outfitted with hyper-realistic heads resembling Elon Musk, Mark…
Pamela MaldonadoDec 7, 2025, 04:00 PM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. Championship Week revealed each team’s identity — brutally, honestly, cleanly and without room for imagination. We saw … confirmation. The teams that won their matchups won because of the identity they’ve had all season, sustained under pressure. If…
The 41st annual IDA Documentary Awards brunch held on December 6 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club assembled the nonfiction community to celebrate the best television and film documentaries of 2025. Dozens of global IDA jurors voted on more than 550 entries in all categories from 85 countries. The winner of Best Feature Documentary, “The…
Almost 13 years ago, at a press briefing to launch Ukip’s first Scottish byelection campaign, Nigel Farage was run out of Edinburgh by jeering protesters. Back then, Ukip’s support was running at nearly 25% in the English local elections, and less than 1% in Scotland. On Saturday, Farage will venture back across the border to…
Monet Bank, a small Texas community bank owned by a billionaire political supporter of President Donald Trump, has stepped into the field of crypto lenders, billing itself as an “infrastructure bank” with a focus on digital assets. “Monet is focused on being the premier digital asset financial institution, providing innovative and forward-facing solutions for the…
For much of the last week, Keir Starmer’s government has been suggesting that a closer relationship with Europe will be a more prominent part of his agenda in the future. But it was a little-noted personnel change that might prove the most telling shift: Nick Thomas Symonds, the minister in charge of EU negotiations, was…
True story: Thursday night was IndieWire Honors. As Kristen Stewart was delivering her blistering acceptance speech for her IndieWire Maverick Award (“This sheer cliff of tired and lame expectation that people on the margins face when it comes to considering their own desire, fuck off and fuck you”), my phone vibrated with the news of…
Ohm YoungmisukDec 3, 2025, 06:08 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of…
Antonio Forenza was working as head of research and development at Rakuten Symphony, a telecom subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate, when he realized that he needed to find a better way to manage his stress levels. A few years earlier, he had lost 40 pounds with the help of an Apple Watch, which counted steps…