CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Cryptocurrency technology business Blockstream has bought European bitcoin wallet software provider Green Address to increase the reach of its platform.

Switzerland, Zurich in particular, is a home to many of the digital currency industry’s leading startups and organizations including Xapo.Read more: www.livebitcoinnews.com

Blockchain intelligence outfit Elliptic is teaming up with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to bring what they claim is bank-grade risk management to Bitcoin. Read more: www.finextra.com

Bitfinex, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges online, has suffered a major hack. The company has posted a note on their website detailing the. Read more: techcrunch.com

Coinify has attracted a new FinTech investor after the Swedish banking giant, SEB, joined a Series A funding round with SEB members join Coinify's board. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

Digital currency exchange Bitfinex is planning to slowly re-enable user access following a recent hack and loss of nearly 120,000 bitcoins. Read more: www.coindesk.com

Coinbase wallet and exchange users will soon be able to withdraw classic ethers. Read more: www.coindesk.com

New York-based Hedley Productions that uses Vulture Capital’s digital currency has launched an Ethereum-based crowdsale of the cryptocurrency to finance a new feature film. Read more: www.econotimes.com

Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk

Bringing cryptocurrency to ecommerce is quite a challenge, even though it is possible to integrate solutions through popular platforms these days. Read more: themerkle.com