Onboarding Process

Illustrative example based on the case of USDC on Arbitrum (Will be modified for Blast Mainnet once stVol goes live on Blast Mainnet)

Sending USDC to your wallet

You will need to have USDC in your Arbitrum account to start trading on stVol. You can buy USDC directly on Arbitrum from your MetaMask wallet on the Buy&Sell page.
- You can also use other exchanges (1inch, Uniswap, etc) to buy USDC on either Arbitrum or Ethereum mainnet.

Alternatively, if you have USDC on other networks, you can transfer them to Arbitrum from your MetaMask wallet on the Bridge page.
- If you already have experience in bridge transactions, i.e. transferring your tokens from Ethereum mainnet (USDC) to Arbitrum One (USDC), a more gas-efficient way is to use Arbitrum Bridge.
  - Tutorial
Caution⚠️ Do not get confused with USDC.e, which is a variant of USDC but NOT used at stVol! As a reminder, the currency used at stVol is only USDC (on Arbitrum One).
- Contract Address: 0xaf88d065e77c8cC2239327C5EDb3A432268e5831

Buying USDC in Arbitrum, directly from your credit card

You can use Moonpay or ChangeNow to directly load your USDC balance in Arbitrum from your credit card. This will get rid of the bridge process at the expense of the service fee ranging from 4-6% as of 10 November 2023.

Still confused?🐸

Remember the two concepts: Networks (Ethereum / Arbitrum) and Tokens (ETH / USDC).
Each Network has Tokens.
- USDC can exist on Ethereum Network, or Arbitrum Network.
- Likewise, ETH can exist on Ethereum Network, or Arbitrum Network.
As a first-time wallet connector, you will see most of the basic settings made for ETH/USDC on Ethereum Network.
- With the Bridge process above, you are transferring the tokens (whether ETH or USDC) on Ethereum Network to Arbitrum Network where stVol is operating.

Caution!📌 Always leave a small amount of ETH on both Ethereum and Arbitrum Network!
- For every kind of transaction above, you will need some ETH token to be paid as transaction fees ('gas fee').
- If the transactions happened on Ethereum mainnet, your ETH on Ethereum will be used as a transaction fee.
  - Transaction Examples
    Bridge ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum
    Bridge USDC from Ethereum to Arbitrum
    Swap ETH (on Ethereum) to USDC (on Ethereum), or vice versa
- If the transactions happened on Arbitrum mainnet, your ETH on Arbitrum will be used as a transaction fee.
  - Transaction Examples
    Swap ETH (on Arbitrum) to USDC (on Arbitrum), or vice versa
    Bridge ETH from Arbitrum to Ethereum
    Bridge USDC from Arbitrum to Ethereum

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Sending USDC to your wallet

You will need to have USDC in your Arbitrum account to start trading on stVol. You can buy USDC directly on Arbitrum from your MetaMask wallet on the Buy&Sell page.

You can also use other exchanges (1inch, Uniswap, etc) to buy USDC on either Arbitrum or Ethereum mainnet.

Alternatively, if you have USDC on other networks, you can transfer them to Arbitrum from your MetaMask wallet on the Bridge page.

If you already have experience in bridge transactions, i.e. transferring your tokens from Ethereum mainnet (USDC) to Arbitrum One (USDC), a more gas-efficient way is to use Arbitrum Bridge.
- Tutorial

Caution⚠️ Do not get confused with USDC.e, which is a variant of USDC but NOT used at stVol! As a reminder, the currency used at stVol is only USDC (on Arbitrum One).

Contract Address: 0xaf88d065e77c8cC2239327C5EDb3A432268e5831

Still confused?🐸

Remember the two concepts: Networks (Ethereum / Arbitrum) and Tokens (ETH / USDC).

Each Network has Tokens.

USDC can exist on Ethereum Network, or Arbitrum Network.
Likewise, ETH can exist on Ethereum Network, or Arbitrum Network.

As a first-time wallet connector, you will see most of the basic settings made for ETH/USDC on Ethereum Network.

With the Bridge process above, you are transferring the tokens (whether ETH or USDC) on Ethereum Network to Arbitrum Network where stVol is operating.

Caution!📌 Always leave a small amount of ETH on both Ethereum and Arbitrum Network!

For every kind of transaction above, you will need some ETH token to be paid as transaction fees ('gas fee').
If the transactions happened on Ethereum mainnet, your ETH on Ethereum will be used as a transaction fee.
- Transaction Examples
  - Bridge ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum
  - Bridge USDC from Ethereum to Arbitrum
  - Swap ETH (on Ethereum) to USDC (on Ethereum), or vice versa
If the transactions happened on Arbitrum mainnet, your ETH on Arbitrum will be used as a transaction fee.
- Transaction Examples
  - Swap ETH (on Arbitrum) to USDC (on Arbitrum), or vice versa
  - Bridge ETH from Arbitrum to Ethereum
  - Bridge USDC from Arbitrum to Ethereum