Danish blockchain payments service provider Coinify has landed $4m in a Series A round. The investment comes from Sweden’s SEB Venture Capital and SEED Capital Denmark.

German online bank Fidor Bank has been acquired by Groupe BPCE, France's second-largest banking group. The price of the deal is undisclosed.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has invested in UK startup Smart Pension, which manages a digital auto enrollment platform.

Hong Kong-based regulated cryptocurrency trading platform Gatecoin is attempting to bounce back from a crippling hack with a $500,000 investment from an unnamed Japanese investment group.

Coinbase has received a strategic investment of $10m from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and Silicon Valley investor Sozo Ventures.

Bitcoin trading platform Coinigy has raised $400,000 in seed funding from a single unnamed angel investor.

Revalu8, an Australian real estate trading platform which aims to get buyers and sellers to interact more directly with each other, has raised A$1.5m ($1.1m) from private investors.

Minneapolis-based insurance technology company Gravie has received $1m in funding from Securian Financial Group to roll out a new life insurance service.