How to use
the Balanced app

Learn how to trade, earn, and borrow on Balanced.

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Trade on the exchange

Swap and transfer crypto across blockchains.

Earn and borrow crypto

Supply and borrow with the cross-chain money market.

Build your own Home page

Customise your DeFi experience with widgets.

Access legacy features

Repay loans, migrate assets, and withdraw funds.

Trade on the exchange.

Swap between a range of assets, and transfer value across blockchains within 20 seconds. All trades powered by SODAX.

From the Trade page:

  1. Choose which assets to swap and receive.
  2. Adjust the blockchains and recipient address if needed.
  3. Enter the amount to swap. The amount you can expect to receive will autofill with fees factored in.
  4. Click Swap and complete the transaction.

If your trade fails or takes more than 5 minutes, it will auto-cancel and return your funds.

A screenshot of the Balanced swap UI, set to swap XLM to SOL.

Earn and borrow
with the money markets.

Put your funds to work with the most flexible cross-chain money market. You can supply a range of assets to earn interest, then use them as collateral to borrow crypto from any supported chain.

Learn more about the money markets.

Earn interest.

Supply crypto to earn interest at a variable rate until you withdraw. When signed in, you’ll see a list of assets available to supply on each blockchain, alongside your balance and the current interest rate.

Go to Markets > Your Markets, then:

  1. Click an available asset to expand it.
  2. Enter the amount, and watch your interest and borrowing power update in real-time.
  3. Click Confirm and complete the transaction.

To withdraw your crypto, expand the asset and reduce the amount.

Borrow crypto.

You can use the crypto you supplied on a specific chain to borrow any asset. There’s a 0.1% fee, and the variable interest rate will increase your debt over time.

From Markets > Your Markets:

  1. Click ‘Borrow an asset’ under the blockchain you’d like to borrow against.
  2. Choose an asset from the list, then choose which blockchain to receive it on, if applicable.
  3. Enter the amount, and watch your risk and interest update in real-time.
  4. Click Confirm and complete the transaction.

To repay your loan, expand the asset and reduce the amount.

Borrowing puts your crypto at risk.

Every asset supplied on the chain you borrow against is used as collateral. Your risk will increase if your supplied value drops or borrowed value rises.

If your risk ever reaches 100%, the crypto supplied on that chain will be partially liquidated. Keep an eye on your risk during price fluctuations, and limit your exposure to volatile assets.

Build your own
DeFi Home page.

Customise your DeFi experience with widgets designed to keep you informed and help you take action.

Add a widget
to your Home page.

Click Add Widget on the Home page, then choose a widget from the catalogue. After you add one, you can customise it:

  • Resize: Click and drag from the bottom right.
  • Move: Click, drag, and drop anywhere on the page.
  • Manage: Click ... in the top right to delete, duplicate, and adjust widget-specific settings.

Your settings will be saved in your browser. If you connect your wallet*, you can access it from any device.

*As connected wallets share the same Home page, they will be linked through our syncing service.

Manage your widget spaces.

Keep every widget on one page, or create multiple spaces to help you focus on the task at hand:

  • Create a space: Click New Space in the widget toolbar, or drag and drop a widget over it.
  • Manage a space: Double-click to rename, click and drag to move, and click the X that appears on hover to delete.

Learn how to use specific widgets.

Price chart

A screenshot of the Price Chart widget at various sizes.

Use the price chart widget to keep an eye on your favourite cryptocurrencies.

  • Browse Balanced’s supported assets, or start typing to search CoinGecko.
  • Monitor an asset’s market cap, 24-hour volume, circulating supply, and the latest news.
  • Track sentiment based on recent activity (calculated with Chutes).

Need more room to focus? Turn off the metadata via the settings.

Vault

Earn a return on your crypto with the strategies in the vault widget.


To participate in a vault strategy:

  1. Click a vault strategy to view more details, then click Open Position.

  2. Choose an asset to deposit, then enter the amount.
  3. Click Deposit and complete the transaction.

Your funds will be swapped into the underlying asset and deposited into the vault. Your position will increase over time as it earns interest.



To withdraw funds from a vault strategy:

  1. Choose a vault, then click Manage Position.
  2. Click Withdraw and choose the chain if you use more than one.
  3. Choose which asset to receive, then use the slider to set the amount.
  4. Click Withdraw and complete the transaction.

Vault strategies can put your funds at risk.
Review the risk and audit status before you deposit, and only invest what you can afford to lose.

Access legacy features.

If you used the legacy Balanced app, you may need to repay loans, withdraw funds from liquidity pools and the Savings Rate, migrate assets, or trade crypto that’s no longer supported on the exchange.

Remove your funds before December 1, 2026, and read the Balanced docs if you need guidance. You will not be able to withdraw any funds after this date.

Take the next step.

Try the interactive demo.

Familiarise yourself with the app, no wallet required.

Use the Balanced app

Sign in to swap, earn, and borrow across 13 blockchains.