diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Address.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Address.scala
index 9c2d96fd..8093357d 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Address.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Address.scala
@@ -10,21 +10,14 @@ class Address private (val string: String) extends AnyVal with WrappedString
 
 object Address {
 
-  // TODO: add support for bech32 format
-  private val pattern = "(^[a-zA-Z0-9]{34}$)|(^[a-zA-Z0-9]{42}$)".r.pattern
+  private val pattern = "^[a-zA-Z0-9]{34,64}$".r.pattern
 
   def from(string: String): Option[Address] = {
-    // TODO: add validations when bech32 is supported
-    if (string.trim.isEmpty) {
-      None
-    } else {
+    if (pattern.matcher(string).matches()) {
       Some(new Address(string))
+    } else {
+      None
     }
-//    if (pattern.matcher(string).matches()) {
-//      Some(new Address(string))
-//    } else {
-//      None
-//    }
   }
 
   def fromHex(hex: String): Option[Address] = {
diff --git a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/models/AddressSpec.scala b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/models/AddressSpec.scala
index 96a3161c..757cd949 100644
--- a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/models/AddressSpec.scala
+++ b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/models/AddressSpec.scala
@@ -17,31 +17,25 @@ class AddressSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with OptionValues {
       result.value.string mustEqual input
     }
 
-    "allow to create segwit address" in {
+    "allow to create segwit address (bech32)" in {
       val input = "xc1qphyjl73szcnz3jfpjryljx8elwc6wpdqqccy3s8g57gw7e44hw4q2jqdds"
       val result = Address.from(input)
       result.value.string mustEqual input
     }
 
     "reject an empty string" in {
-      pending
-
       val input = ""
       val result = Address.from(input)
       result mustEqual Option.empty
     }
 
     "reject whitespaces" in {
-      pending
-
       val input = " Xvjue2ZLnJwTrSLUBx7DTHaSHTdpWrxtLF "
       val result = Address.from(input)
       result mustEqual Option.empty
     }
 
     "reject invalid characters" in {
-      pending
-
       val input = "bc1qzhayf65p2j4h3pfw22aujgr5w42xfqzx.uvddt"
       val result = Address.from(input)
       result mustEqual Option.empty
@@ -54,29 +48,5 @@ class AddressSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with OptionValues {
       val result = Address.from(input)
       result mustEqual Option.empty
     }
-
-    "reject invalid address, 1 extra character" in {
-      pending
-
-      val input = "Xvjue2ZLnJwTrSLUBx7DTHaSHTdpWrxtLFf"
-      val result = Address.from(input)
-      result mustEqual Option.empty
-    }
-
-    "reject invalid address, 1 character missing on P2WPKH" in {
-      pending
-
-      val input = "bc1qzhayf65p2j4h3pfw22aujgr5w42xfqzx5uvdd"
-      val result = Address.from(input)
-      result mustEqual Option.empty
-    }
-
-    "reject invalid address, 1 extra character on P2WPKH" in {
-      pending
-
-      val input = "bc1qzhayf65p2j4h3pfw22aujgr5w42xfqzx5uvddt1"
-      val result = Address.from(input)
-      result mustEqual Option.empty
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/test/controllers/TransactionsControllerSpec.scala b/server/test/controllers/TransactionsControllerSpec.scala
index 4be9abd1..f65d6e12 100644
--- a/server/test/controllers/TransactionsControllerSpec.scala
+++ b/server/test/controllers/TransactionsControllerSpec.scala
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class TransactionsControllerSpec extends MyAPISpec {
   val nonCoinbaseTx = TransactionLoader.get("0834641a7d30d8a2d2b451617599670445ee94ed7736e146c13be260c576c641")
   val nonCoinbasePreviousTx = TransactionLoader.get("585cec5009c8ca19e83e33d282a6a8de65eb2ca007b54d6572167703768967d9")
   val severalInputsTx = TransactionLoader.get("a3c43d22bbba31a6e5c00f565cb9c5a1a365407df4cc90efa8a865656b52c0eb")
-  val firstAddress = createAddress("fygsydgfygsdyfgsdyg")
-  val secondAddress = createAddress("56wedf5wedweedw")
+  val firstAddress = createAddress("Xvjue2ZLnJwTrSLUBx7DTHaSHTdpWrxtLF")
+  val secondAddress = createAddress("bc1qzhayf65p2j4h3pfw22aujgr5w42xfqzx5uvddt")
   val firstTxId = DataHelper.createTransactionId("a3c43d223658a8656a31a6e5c407df4bbb0f565cb9c5a1acc90efa056b52c0eb")
   val secondTxId = DataHelper.createTransactionId("8a865656b5a3c43d22b00f565cb9c5a1a3bba31a6e5c65407df4cc90efa2c0eb")
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class TransactionsControllerSpec extends MyAPISpec {
 
     "return the latest transactions for the addresses" in {
 
-      val addresses = List(firstAddress.string, secondAddress.string, "3rdaddress")
+      val addresses = List(firstAddress.string, secondAddress.string, s"3rd${secondAddress.string}")
         .map(x => s""" "$x" """)
         .mkString("[", ",", "]")
       val body = s"""{ "addresses": $addresses }"""