2019 is here. You might have noticed that we’ve been relatively quiet during the so-called ‘crypto winter’. That’s because we’ve had our heads down building new and exciting features for Voltaire. In this blog, we’re going to briefly summarise what lies ahead.

New Pairs are imminent

Starting from next week, we’ll be integrating three new currencies to Voltaire: Bitcoin SV, Litecoin and Ethereum. These are reflected by the availability of three new markets:

BSV/BCH LTC/BCH ETH/BCH

We’ve chosen to make these currencies available because we’ve observed that they are the most demanded by our users and the wider crypto ecosystem.

Needless to say, any users who held Bitcoin Cash on Voltaire during the latest hard fork will receive a 1:1 pay-out.

Voltaire Cashback

Another exciting development is the introduction of Voltaire Cashback. Exchanges have tried various schemes to reward users over the years, with mixed success. We’ve introduced an innovative fee structure which pays out 0.2% cashback on every maker order you place. That means you’ll get an extra 0.2% of whatever you’re trying to acquire.

As an example, if you place an order to buy 1 BTC, you will have 0.002 BTC (0.2% of 1BTC) deposited into your BTC balance once the order is filled. The order must be a maker order, meaning it is not immediately filled when it’s placed.

Your Cashback that you receive will always be in the cryptocurrency you are acquiring. If you make a trade to buy ETH (therefore selling BCH), the cashback reward you receive will be in ETH.

Cashback will be live in just 14 days. We’ll release a blog with more details soon.

The launch of Voltaire Foundation

We’ve been thinking and speaking about this for a while. We’ll be donating 5–10% of monthly profits to exciting projects in the BCH ecosystem. Specifically, those that help drive adoption and use of Bitcoin Cash.

A fiat gateway, margin trading and advanced trading tools

We’ll be adding in a fiat gateway allowing users in certain jurisdictions to deposit and withdraw fiat. This is the next step in Voltaire’s mission by connecting the legacy banking system to cryptocurrency.

A quality margin trading product has to come with strong liquidity. We recognise this will longer and will keep you updated.

We also expect to work on creating a more enhanced trading experience for our more advanced users.

And not forgetting 0-conf deposits. The aim is for Voltaire to be the fastest exchange in the world to make a trade.

Continuing the mission of seeing daily electronic cash transactions a reality.

This is the ultimate goal. We will partner with great organisations that will help accelerate our vision: names like Bitcoin.com and HandCash.

Happy trading.

— The Voltaire Team