Users of Vaultoro are now able to purchase physical gold with Bitcoin and 35+ altcoins, including Dogecoin, Litecoin, Namecoin, Monero and others. The bitcoin gold exchange integrated the ShapeShift API on June 3. 

Vaultoro's integration of ShapeShift and the "alt-coin" deposit function makes Vaultoro the world's first gold exchange to accept both bitcoin and altcoins.

Once a user sends an altcoin (for example, Dash) to the requesting address provided by ShapeShift, it is automatically converted to bitcoin and then sent instantly to Vaultoro. After six network confirmations, the deposit is verified and ready to trade.