Ripple’s Singapore arm has secured a license as a major payments institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the company said, allowing it to keep providing digital payment token services in the fast-growing region. Author: Jesse Hamilton

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) targeted several Chinese businesses and their employees Tuesday in the latest round of charges tied to production and trafficking of fentanyl – a network that depended on cryptocurrency payments, according to authorities. Author: Jesse Hamilton

The platform’s v2 allows sub-second optimistic trades and trading without a crypto wallet, the company said. Author: Krisztian Sandor

BTC traded just over $27,600 in Asian afternoon hours on Tuesday, while Ether dropped 3.5% amid a dismal first day of ETH futures ETF trading in the U.S. Author: Shaurya Malwa

Bitcoin slumped below $28,000, and ether dipped below $1670. Author: Sam Reynolds