BullionStar is pleased to announce that it has added Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin as transactional currencies for both buy and sell orders on the BullionStar website.
Many BullionStar customers are already be familiar with using Bitcoin when buying and selling gold, silver and platinum bars and coins, as BullionStar has been accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment since May 2014. BullionStar was one of the first bullion dealers worldwide to offer customers the ability to buy and sell physical precious metals using Bitcoin. Now with the addition of Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin, BullionStar is again one of the first bullion dealers in the world to offer customers the ability to transact in these other leading cryptocurrencies for both buy and sell orders.
With the addition of these three additional cryptocurrencies, BullionStar customers can now buy and sell physical gold bars, gold coins, silver bars, silver coins, platinum bars and platinum coins using Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC), and by using any of six traditional currencies, namely Singapore Dollars, US Dollars, Euro, Australian Dollars, Japanese Yen, and Swedish Krona.
BullionStar constantly aims to add innovations to its product and service offerings, and the addition of Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin comes after careful analysis and following customer feedback. The addition of Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin now gives BullionStar customers extra choice when buying physical precious metals using cryptocurrencies, and allows for faster cryptocurrency transaction confirmation times.
Settle Bullion Orders in Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash & Litecoin
To pay using a cryptocurrency, select the preferred cryptocurrency in the "Currency" drop-down box at the top right hand section of the BullionStar hompage. Upon selection, all prices in the product listings will be displayed in terms of your selected cryptocurrency.
To purchase precious metals on the BullionStar website, you simply add the desired items to your shopping cart, go to the checkout and place your order. If you have selected a cryptocurrency as currency, the checkout payment option will default to the selected cryptocurrency as well.
Upon placing your order, the order confirmation page and order confirmation e-mail will detail the cryptocurrency address to which you must initiate your payment within 20 minutes.
BullionStar will update you with a payment confirmation e-mail and an SMS text message as soon as we have received and processed your payment.
Likewise, for customers selling precious metals to BullionStar, proceeds can now be received in Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin as well as in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum & Litcoin as Currency
On the BullionStar website, all product prices for gold bars, silver bars, gold coins, silver coins, BullionStar Savings Program (BSP) and other precious metals products can now be displayed in Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin as well as in Bitcoin.
Customers can also view spot prices, portfolio values and account history directly denominated in the newly added cryptocurrencies. For example, if you select 'Litecoin' from the Currency drop-down box on the top right of the BullionStar homepage, the spot prices and charts on the right hand frame for gold, silver, platinum and palladium are then displayed in terms of Litecoin (LTC) values. When logged in to your BullionStar account, your vault balance and cash balance will also be displayed in LTC if the Litecoin currency option has been selected.
BullionStar Charts
Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin have also been added as currencies within BullionStar Charts.
BullionStar Charts is a comprehensive charting facility which provides the ability to create price charts for precious metals, currencies, commodities, stock indexes, individual stocks (equities) and also in terms of the prices of BullionStar products.
BullionStar's charting functionality allow any two prices to be selected. For example, on the charting page select 'Precious Metals - Gold' then select 'Currency - Bitcoin Cash' to view a price chart of the gold price in terms of Bitcoin Cash.
Why Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin?
BullionStar has added Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin as transactional currencies alongside Bitcoin because each of these three cryptocurrencies is widely-known and widely-used, and each of these cryptocurrencies is now firmly established in the marketplace.
Since its commercial launch in 2015, the Ethereum blockchain platform and its Ether coin have become a dominant force in the cryptocurrency space, and as well as transaction processing, Ethereum also supports smart contract functionality and the development of other cryptocurrency platforms.
Bitcoin Cash emerged in early August 2017 as a hard fork when it was split off from the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin Cash has a larger blocksize than Bitcoin and facilitates higher transaction rates than Bitcoin which generally translates to faster payments and confirmations. In the 9 months since its launch, Bitcoin Cash has seen large-scale adoption by merchants and is now a stable and expanding competitor to Bitcoin.
The Litecoin platform and its coin, launched in 2011, are also based on the Bitcoin blockchain design, and Litecoin is now well established and known for its high-speed transfers rates and short confirmation times.
In terms of cryptocurrency market capitalization (market cap) or total outstanding market value of each coin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin have among the highest values of all crypto coins next to Bitcoin, and the global cryptocurrency trading market values the infrastructure of these cryptocoin networks, and most importantly, given that exchanges are forward-looking pricing mechanisms, the crypto currency market is signalling confidence in the longer term future prospects of these four cryptocurrencies.
Trade Directly between Cryptocurrencies and Precious Metals
With the ability to buy and sell precious metals using Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin, BullionStar customers can now trade directly between investment precious metals and cryptocurrencies without having to first convert to fiat currencies. Traders can also now take profits from these cryptocurrencies and directly buy precious metals using their Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Bitcoin.
Trading between Ethereum and bullion for example, you can now buy gold bullion bars and gold bullion coins through BullionStar using Ethereum and hold these investment grade bars and coins in BullionStar's vault. All you have to do is transfer Ethereum from your Ether wallet or crypto exchange account wallet to the Ethereum address as indicated on the order confirmation from BullionStar. The same applies for Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Bitcoin.
Then in the future If you want to sell these gold bars and gold coins and take the proceeds in Ethereum, you just sell the precious metals for Ethereum and have the Ether transferred to your personal Ether wallet or crypto exchange account wallet. There is no need to first convert the Etheruem to US dollars to buy your chosen gold bar and coin products. Thus the intermediate step of converting the main crypto currencies to fiat currencies, such as US dollars is redundant.
