I went to exchange out my Steem pennies into some Bitcoin and found my usual exchange service isn't offering Steem exchange, anylonger.

Shapeshift (@shapeshiftio) has been my go to exchange service to turn Steem into Bitcoin. I've used them the past few months and have had no issues with them. However, today I went to make an exchange and found Steem is not in the list.

I'm not sure what's going on with that, but I began to freak out because they've been the best and I don't have to sign up for anything.

I'll keep checking on them, but that's a bummer if they dropped Steemit. Perhaps it's automated and the price has knocked it off for now.

So after freaking out a bit I remembered on another person's blog someone mentioned to me to try their service, Changelly (@changelly).

At first I was scared to use them - I didn't want to give away my Steem and get ripped off. I had not heard much about Changelly, but gave them a chance.

Their site worked great! I had to sign up with an email, but I didn't have to give them blood like the other services do. Nope as soon as I signed up I made my exchange and it came fast.

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I'll be using Changelly, but I'll check on Shapeshift if they come back with Steem. I have not seen any announcements on this. If an altcoin is being dropped I would think a notice of sorts would be made, but I've found nothing. So, I'm not sure what's going on there, but I'm happy to have found a good option.

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Thanks for any upvotes/steem/reblogs/steem dollars/comments/follows!