# Welcome to Vortex Docs

This documentation covers everything you need to understand and integrate the Vortex platform — whether you’re using our **Buy & Sell Crypto App**, embedding the **Vortex Widget**, or connecting via our **Exchange API**.

### What is Vortex?

We started Vortex to fix what makes fiat ↔ crypto conversion unreliable: opaque pricing, unpredictable liquidity, and unnecessary friction — especially in cross-border and emerging markets.

Vortex is different. We center our infrastructure around stablecoins, and work exclusively with regulated local partners who understand their jurisdictions’ payment rails and compliance requirements.

Pricing is based on interbank FX rates, or — where official rates diverge from reality — on prevailing local market rates. The result: real liquidity, transparent pricing, and a system that works equally well for individuals and institutions.

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