dYdX Account Setup & Funding Using Coinbase
There are several steps to getting your dYdX account set up & funded. The following guide will walk you through the process, including:
- Setting up & funding your Coinbase account
- Opening your Coinbase account & your dYdX account in your internet browser
- Connecting your Coinbase wallet to dYdX
- Funding your dYdX account with USDC
If you are using dYdX for trading & NOT to connect to FinRev, you can skip step 4.
Pre-Setup Checklist
It is important that you understand & follow all instructions in the pre-setup checklist before starting to set up your FinRev onboarding. Please read the following checklist carefully, and complete any action steps necessary.
Various software and settings on your device (particularly antivirus software, privacy applications & browser based cryptocurrency wallets) can clash with the dYdX API keys, and it may require several trouble-shooting attempts to solve the issue and get you connected to FinRev. We will contact you if there are any errors in your connection within 24 hours.
If you are in the US or UK, you need to set up & activate a VPN with the location set to 'Sydney, Australia' before logging onto the dYdX website, every time you access the site.
This setup must be performed on a desktop device. Please keep an eye out for our iPad connection guide (coming soon).
Once you have read & understood the above steps and activated a VPN (if required), you are ready to commence your FinRev onboarding.
Set Up & Fund Your Coinbase Account
Please click the link below to view our separate guide on setting up creating and funding a Conbase account and complete all steps as listed.
Note: You MUST purchase USDC and NOT USDT in order to fund your dYdX account for FinRev.
How to set up and fund your Coinbase account
Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step below (Open your Coinbase & dYdX account).
Open Your Coinbase Account & dYdX Account
- Head over to https://www.coinbase.com and log into your account
- IMPORTANT: Activate your VPN and set the location to Australia. Failure to complete this step may result in your dYdX account being banned and incur additional transfer costs to create a new account.
- Head over to https://dydx.trade
- Click on 'Trade Now'
Connecting Your Coinbase Wallet to dYdX
Please click the link below to view our separate guide on connecting your Coinbase wallet to dYdX and complete all steps as listed.
How to connect your Coinbase wallet to dYdX
Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step below (funding your dYdX account).
Funding Your dYdX Account
Please click the link below to view our separate guide on funding your dYdX account using Coinbase wallet and complete all steps as listed.
How to fund your dYdX account using Coinbase wallet
Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step below (funding your dYdX account).
Connecting your dYdX account to FinRev via API
If you are using dYdX to connect to FinRev, please click the link below to view our seperate guide on connecting dYdX to FinRev via API.
If you are not connecting to FinRev, you can skip this step.