Swiss exchange launches native bitcoin trading
ShapeShift will be the new platform to provide its users with full integration with the THORChain protocol
The Swiss exchange ShapeShift has announced its new decentralized platform available to users with mobile devices, achieving full integration with the THORChain protocol.
This crypto trade will be carried out through bitcoin, litecoin and ether. With respect to exchanges between chains, said system will be extended to the base platform belonging to the ShapeShift website and will enjoy the independence of its use, without the need to require of intermediaries or custodians.
For his part, the founder and CEO of the company, Erik Voorhees, assured in a press conference to the media the importance of applying native bitcoin trading and in this sense believes “that finances should be open and immutable. The THORChain team has created a technology that brings these properties to trading bitcoins and other leading chains for the first time.”
Likewise, Voorhees expressed its faithful commitment to continue offering “users an easy, self-custodial platform for their decentralized business needs.”
In recent months THORChain has managed to grow surprisingly reaching a value of $ 11.40 and with a market capitalization of 1 billion dollars, which leads the company to occupy the 49th position on the list of the most popular cryptos in the market.
K.Villarroel
Source: technology
