Chapter 1.1: Bridging to Avalanche

The Avalanche Network is home to Swimmer Network and Crabada. The Avalanche Network’s currency is $AVAX.
To continue your journey onto Swimmer Network, you will first have to bridge your assets onto the Avalanche C-Chain.

Add Avalanche Network onto Metamask

You will first need to add Avalanche Network to Metamask!
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    Click "Add C-Chain network"

Bridging onto the Avalanche Network

There are several ways that you can easily bridge to Avalanche from various chains or platforms:
Bridging with Avalanche Bridge
*Users that send more than US$75.00 worth of any token using Avalanche Bridge will receive a small AVAX airdrop so that you can seamlessly get started with your first transaction.
Supported Networks: Ethereum
Bridging with Celer cBridge
Supported Networks: Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, Fantom, Arbitrum, Optimism and many more.
Note: You will need AVAX in your crypto wallet for your first transaction on Avalanche Network.

Option 3: Centralized Exchanges (CEX)

You may also choose to purchase AVAX through some CEXs and easily bridge your funds over to the Avalanche Network.
Here is a list of CEXs that allow bridging AVAX directly onto the Avalanche C-Chain.
  • Coinbase
  • Crypto.com
  • Binance
  • KuCoin