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Three years after Bitfinex covered Ark as an unimplemented proposal, two different implementations — Ark Labs’ Arkade and Second’s Bark — are now live on Bitcoin mainnet and gaining real-world traction, with interest in similar approaches now spreading well beyond the teams that built them. A lot has changed since Bitfinex last discussed Ark in 2023. What back then was an ambitious albeit unimplemented proposal for simplifying self-custodial Bitcoin payments has now become working infrastructure, with Ark Labs’ Arkade and Second’s Bark both operating on Bitcoin mainnet. The two implementations represent different approaches to the same underlying architecture. Arkade is…

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ostensibly prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks.In a 232-198 vote in the House on Wednesday, lawmakers approved the Stop Insider Trading Act, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration. Representative Bryan Steil, the Wisconsin lawmaker who sponsored the bill, said that the legislation “ensures no lawmaker can profit off of insider information” and “institutes strict penalties for any violation.” “We have not had a bill on the House floor on this topic with this opportunity before,” said Steil from the House…

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Federal authorities are accusing eight people of orchestrating a scheme that used fake checks to steal $500,000 from New York banks. The group deposited falsified checks totaling $3 million into accounts, though only half a million cleared before cash withdrawals occurred, says the U.S. Department of Justice. Bianca Vieux allegedly led the ring by enlisting others to open accounts for the deposits. New York City Department of Investigation’s commissioner, Nadia I. Shihata, says, “Vieux orchestrated the scheme, advertising her services on an encrypted messaging platform, and solicited recruits to provide their debit cards and bank account information. As Vieux herself…

In Bitcoin news today, US spot BTC ETF funds recorded nearly $1Bn in net inflows over seven consecutive sessions through July 22, 2026 – their longest positive run in 11 weeks, with BlackRock IBIT capturing $319.16M of the $499.05M added this week alone. However, that streak has already come to an end, as yesterday’s session closed with -$225M in outflows, even as Bitcoin has held steady above $65,000 despite ETF sell pressure. Bitcoin climbed above $66,000 during the streak’s strongest two sessions, July 20 and July 21, according to 247 Wall St. The catalyst was news that President Trump had…

The Financial Action Task Force says more jurisdictions are putting crypto rules into law, but enforcement remains the weak point. In its Seventh Targeted Update on the implementation of FATF standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, the global watchdog reported that 83% of surveyed jurisdictions have passed legislation to implement the Travel Rule. That is up from 73% in 2025. On paper, that looks like progress. But the report also says only 40% of jurisdictions with Travel Rule legislation have taken supervisory or enforcement actions. In other words, more countries have rules, but far fewer are actually…

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP Ledger developers are refining XLS-66, a proposed standard for native lending on XRPL, and it could become one of the network’s more important DeFi-style upgrades if the specification keeps moving forward. The proposal describes on-chain, fixed-term, uncollateralized lending using Single Asset Vaults. It also relies on off-chain underwriting by loan brokers, with on-chain settlement handled through XRPL infrastructure. That mix is important. This is not a simple “anyone borrows from anyone” DeFi lending pool in the style of fully collateralized Ethereum money markets. It is a…

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India’s Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has condemned a government order directing GitHub to remove repositories for Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app BitChat, calling the move unconstitutional and warning it threatens free speech and open-source software.The statement came a day after India’s cybercrime agency ordered GitHub to disable access to three BitChat repositories within three hours, saying the decentralized messaging app could be used to bypass internet shutdowns, evade lawful surveillance and facilitate unlawful activities.In its statement posted on X on Friday, IFF argued the order exceeded the government’s legal authority because it was issued under Section 79(3)(b) of India’s Information…