🏥 More details are emerging about the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting. The masked gunman who stalked and killed Brian Thompson early Wednesday morning remained at large as of yesterday evening, with a police manhunt still underway. Officials yesterday released photos of a person they said was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting. Authorities also revealed the gunman used a Sharpie to write words on the ammunition he used, including “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” – echoing the phrase “delay, deny, defend,” which is commonly used by attorneys and critics to describe tactics used by insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare to avoid paying claims.

🚀🗓️ The Man on the Moon will be lonely for at least a little bit longer. NASA is further delaying the launch of its remaining Artemis Moon missions, the space agency announced yesterday. The launch window for Artemis II, a flight that will send four astronauts around the Moon and back, has been postponed from September 2025 to April 2026 at the earliest. As a result, NASA’s Artemis III mission – which aims to put humans on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972 – is now delayed from late 2026 to mid-2027. Officials say the extra time is needed primarily to finish prepping the Orion spacecraft following a lengthy investigation into its heat shield.

🪙 Bitcoin fell after joining the six-figure club for the first time. After surging as high as ~$103,900 early Thursday, prices retreated to ~$97,600 as of 8 pm ET. Bitcoin is now up ~130% in 2024 and ~40% since the election, if you hadn't already heard from a HODL’er near you. Behind its recent rally to $100,000: President-elect Trump announced what’s seen as a crypto-friendly pick to lead the SEC (Paul Atkins), augmenting an already crypto-friendly Congress. In total, voters elected 298 pro-crypto representatives and senators, compared with 134 who are anticrypto, according to a tally and ratings by Stand With Crypto, an advocacy group backed by Coinbase Global.