How and where to acquire native USD₮?
There are multiple ways for users to get native USD₮. This article suggests several ways to acquire USDT through Kava's key partners.
Disclaimer: MetaMask is the best wallet for storing your USD₮. Stay tuned for more wallets to come!
Stargate: Leading Cross-chain Liquidity Provider
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Curve: Leading Exchange Liquidity Pool
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Centralized Exchanges (Purchase USD₮ with fiat or cryptocurrency)
There are several centralized exchange platforms that support Kava's natively integrated USD₮ for deposit and withdrawal.
Option #1 - Bitget
Navigate to the 'Withdraw' tab under the 'Wallet' icon and select 'USDT' from the 'Coin' drop-down. After selecting USDT, navigate to the 'Chain' drop-down and select 'KAVA (KAVA EVM TOKEN).' Make sure you have USDT in your Bitget account.
Option #2 - KuCoin
Navigate to the Withdraw tab under Assets and select ‘USDT’ from the 'Select Coin' drop-down. After selecting USDT, navigate to the ‘Network’ drop-down and select ‘Kava EVM Co-Chain.’ Make sure you have USDT in your KuCoin account.
Option #3 - Gate.io
Navigate to ‘Withdraw Onchain’ under ‘Funds Management’ via the ‘Wallet' tab and select ‘USDT’ from the 'Coin' drop-down. After selecting USDT, navigate to the ‘Network’ drop-down and select ‘USDT-KAVA EVM.’ Make sure to have USDT in your Gate.io account.
What to do with your USD₮?
Kinetix Perps: Supply to or swap on a state-of-the-art DeFi Hub for Kava
Mare Finance: Supply to a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions, and protocols to access financial services.
Kava Lend: Supply to a decentralized money market built on Kava that enables the lending and borrowing of cross-chain assets.
Equilibre: Supply to or swap on ve(3.3) AMM based on Velodrome and designed to provide large liquidity & low swapping fees.
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