Currently there is a "Buy Steem" link in the main menu, and links to "Buy" STEEM or STEEM POWER in the Steemit.com wallet (under the STEEM and STEEM POWER drop-down menus). I just submitted a pull request to make several updates.
Note - this post describes how the functionality will work if the PR is accepted by Steemit, Inc. The pull request has not been accepted yet, so there is no guarantee the changes will make it to the live site. [Edit] The pull request was approved!!
The existing links will now pre-load the BlockTrades.us 'Send' coin with "BTC" and the 'Receive' coin with either "Steem" or "Steem Power" (depending on whether the STEEM or SP link is clicked) so that users have one less step when buying STEEM or STEEM POWER.
There is now a "Sell" link in the "STEEM" dropdown, so users have the option of selling STEEM directly out of their wallet via the BlockTrades.us interface. This will make the process a lot easier for users who are not familiar with the process of using an exchange.
"Buy" and "Sell" links were added to the "SBD" dropdown as well, so users now have the option to buy and sell SBD directly from their Steemit.com wallet using the BlockTrades.us interface.
The pull request can be viewed here:
https://github.com/steemit/condenser/pull/1507
I plan work with Steemit to make whatever changes are requested, so hopefully it will get approved and put up on the live site soon!
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