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Security researchers at VulnCheck have uncovered three separate backdoor-like implants buried in the firmware of routers made by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics, sold globally under dozens of brand names. If you don't recognize the ZBT name, that's partly the point — your router may be one of them without you ever knowing.
Turning to crypto markets, Ethereum ETFs pulled in two hundred twenty six million dollars in a single session Thursday, nearly matching Bitcoin's daily haul and capping nine consecutive days of inflows totaling one point four billion dollars. That's the strongest single day for these funds in ten months, suggesting institutional appetite for Ethereum is catching up fast.
And in the crypto infrastructure space, BitGo is acquiring NYDIG's trading arm, known as NYDIG IF Holdings, for a deal valued at roughly fifty seven point five million dollars — seven million in cash, around thirty five and a half million in stock, and a fifteen million dollar earnout tied to future performance. It's a bet that regulated crypto trading infrastructure is worth consolidating now, before the next wave of demand arrives.
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