Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom. Meet Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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It's been a crazy four months for Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. The judge in the Northern District of California spent late April and much of May in her downtown Oakland courtroom, overseeing the high-profile battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman . Now, the 61-year-old Gonzalez Rogers is gearing up for week two of a trial that could go a long way in determining the fate of Meta's advertising business, as California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads a coalition of state AGs in litigating what's being hailed as social media's "Big Tobacco moment ." In between the two trials, Gonzalez Rogers was named chief judge of the court, 15 years after being nominated to serve there by then- President Barack Obama . She replaced Judge Richard Seeborg, who held the role for five years, and takes over at a time when tech companies are bigger and more powerful than ever and artificial intelligence is driving more high-stakes fights into the courtroom. The district includes San Fra...

Kalshi traders think the bitcoin rally could end the year near current levels

Bitcoin's more than 20% rally this week has sent the cryptocurrency to heights it hasn't seen since May, but traders on prediction market platform Kalshi see it ending 2026 near current levels. Speculators estimate that bitcoin's price at the end of 2026 will be around $75,000, based on an average of contracts on the platform. The contracts on Kalshi ask traders to place "yes" and "no" trades on whether the cryptocurrency will trade within various $5,000 ranges at midnight on Jan. 1, 2027. Contracts are resolved using bitcoin price data from CF Benchmarks. Bitcoin's surge this week has been powered by two key catalysts: an intervention by the U.S. Treasury to ease a sell-off in the bond market in turn, relieving pressure on risk assets and an event at the White House where President Donald Trump, crypto executives and regulators pushed for Congress to approve the market structure Clarity Act proposal. The outlook for where bitcoin will end the year has improved since the flagship crypto's rally. Before Wednesday, Kalshi traders saw it most likely that bitcoin would end the year around $66,000. However, speculators' latest forecast would represent a slight decline from the cryptocurrency's current trading levels. Bitcoin was last trading above $77,000. Disclosure: CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.

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