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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs had their strongest single day since May, pulling in six hundred six million dollars. BlackRock dominated the session, capturing roughly eighty-three percent of all inflows. Altcoin funds also made a rare appearance, signaling that institutional appetite for crypto exposure is broadening well beyond Bitcoin alone.

Shifting to a security alert worth taking seriously — the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered federal agencies to patch two actively exploited vulnerabilities in TrueConf, a Russian-built video conferencing platform. Compromised servers were caught delivering malware directly to meeting participants, a particularly unsettling attack vector for anyone sitting in on what they thought was a routine call.

And in space news, Elon Musk has walked back his timeline for catching a returning Starship with the launch tower's mechanical arms. He now says that milestone is likely several months away, after previously suggesting it could happen on the very next test flight. The revision is a reminder that even the most ambitious engineering programs run on their own schedule, not the one announced on social media.

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