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This guide will assist you in moving USDC from CEXes and wallets on various blockchains into Obvious Money.
Background
Obvious Money allows you to deposit USDC fund via 2 modes:
Phone
Other users of Obvious Money can send funds to you by using your phone number. Just like anyone with whatsapp can send you messages via whatsapp. All they have to do is add you number to their phone contacts and choose the Phone number option to send you funds. You can find your phone number in the receive screen as well as your account details under settings.
Crypto address
You can deposit USDC into Obvious Money via the wallet address associated with your Obvious Money account. To do this please navigate to the Receive screen and select crypto.
Please note that Obvious Money will only accept native USDC on the Base blockchain. So please go ahead and check the two boxes once you read them and understood them.
Depositing USDC to the crypto address
You can deposit USDC to the Obvious Money crypto address from either:
Centralised Exchanges - Direct Withdrawal to Base
If your centralised exchange allows direct withdrawal of USDC into Base you can go ahead and withdraw USDC to Base by using your Obvious Money crytpo wallet address. Steps to get the Obvious Money crypto wallet address can be seen in the previous section. <link to Crypto address section here>
Centralised Exchanges - Indirect Withdrawal to Base via Polygon/Arbitrum/Optimism/Solana
If your centralised exchange doesn’t provide an option to directy withdraw USDC into Base blockchain you can opt to withdraw the USDC to your Polygon/Arbitrum/Optimism/Solana crypto wallet address instead. And once you have the USDC on polygon you can then bridge it to Base using one of the options below.
Bridging USDC to Base from other blockchains
You can bridge USDC from other blockchains to Base from your crypto wallet to Obvious Money account via :
Jumper.exchange
Follow the link below to bridge USDC from your crypto wallet to your Obvious Money account by using the link below and following the steps called out:
1. From EVM compatible chains - Polygon / Arbitrum / Optimism / BSC / Avalanche etc
2. From Solana
Step 1: Connect your crypto wallet (like Metamask, Trust, Safepal, Phantom, Backpack etc..)
Step 2: Enter the amount of USDC you want to transfer
Enter the amount you want to transfer under You pay ….
Step 3: Enter your Obvious Money wallet address
Enter your Obvious Money crytpo wallet address. Steps to get the Obvious Money crypto wallet address can be seen in the previous section. <link to Crypto address section here>
Step 4: Review the bridge transaction
Step 5: Initiate the USDC bridge from your Solana wallet to your Obvious Money wallet address on Base
Bridging USDC to Base using Obvious Wallet
Obvious Wallet makes it very easy for you to bridge USDC from a few popular EVM compatible chains like Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Avalache, BSC to Base.
If you do not have the Obvious Wallet you can download the Obvious Wallet from:
- Obvious website: https://obvious.technology
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/obvious-smart-wallet/id1643088398
- Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hashhalli.obvious
Depositing USDC to Obvious Wallet
Use the Fund wallet option to deposit USDC into your Obvious Wallet.
Bridge USDC to Obvious Money Account from another chain to Base using Obvious Wallet
If you already have USDC on any of the supported chains you can bridge it over to Obvious Money address on Base using the Bridge option.
If you other assets you can use the Cross chain swap option to swap it to USDC and bridge it to Obvious Money address on Base.
