Edge, a Californian startup formerly known as Airbitz, has released a key version update to the Edge Wallet, expanding participants’ ability to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, and enhancing user privacy, the enterprise noted on Thursday. The Version 1.4.0 update integrates trading platform platforms Changelly and ShapeShift for additional currency support, and offers customers a decentralized crypto price comparison service. It also adds support for Stellar, the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization meaning that Edge now supports eight of the top ten largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. “Our fundamental goal is to provide our community with the market’s most convenient system for buying, trading, and storing cryptocurrency while maintaining optimal data security,” noted Paul Puey, CEO of Edge. “Today’s update ensures Edge Wallet users have access to the most competitive trading options available and furthers our mission to build easy-to-use products with cutting-edge security and user privacy.” Changelly integration, Edge Wallet app The integration of Changelly, an instant cryptocurrency marketplace, provides Edge Wallet customers with access to dozens of additional coins including Stellar, ZCoin, and EOS, and the support of ShapeShift memberships means that Edge participants are now able to access higher trade limits and rewards. Support for Changelly and other exchanges is also giving customers the first price hunting in-wallet marketplace experience. App participants can pick a currency pair and an amount, and Edge will find the best price across backed exchanges. Additionally, the update supports latest language options, including Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese, and includes a latest feature that gives users the ability to choose their preferred Electrum server node for connection to various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Litecoin, and Qtum. This gives users the option to select nodes that prioritize desirable functions such as privacy, speed, proximity, and more. Founded in 2014 as Airbitz, Edge is a security-centric blockchain service and multi-asset wallet. The Edge Wallet is an public source, fully user-controlled, non-custodial wallet, which employs a modular architecture that allows it to secure and transact with any blockchain or token. Airbitz rebranded to Edge in October 2017. The Edge Wallet app went live on February 2018.