** Chipmaker Spectra7 Microsystems surges as much as 35 pct in heavy volume after getting C$2 mln ($1.60 mln) investment from Global Blockchain Technologies
** Global Blockchain down 13.3 pct on news of investment that was made as part of Spectra7’s recently completed C$15.3 mln bought deal unit offering
** Global Blockchain invests in blockchain-related firms and on Wednesday said it invested $2 mln in Eastman Kodak’s recently announced “KODAKCoin”
** Spectra7 in Nov announced a new power-saving product line optimized for data centers running blockchain applications such as bitcoin mining
** Little more than 4 mln SEV shares traded, their busiest day in two years; Stock last up 10.6 pct, taking its gains so far this year to 26 pct vs a 24 pct drop last year
** BLOC soared over 1,000 pct last year after changing its name from Carrus Capital Corp in Oct, before which it was a thinly traded penny stock ($1 = 1.2526 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by Savio D’Souza)
