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How to get sUSD
Explains why Kwenta uses and why traders need sUSD to utilize Kwenta
Kwenta quotes its asset prices against sUSD. Traders that want to purchase synthetic assets, open a Futures position, or leverage any of the financial tools provided by Kwenta will need to do so in sUSD.
Supporting sUSD helps Kwenta stay true to its decentralized ethos. sUSD is a fully decentralized stablecoin minted by Synthetix, a decentralized liquidity protocol. sUSD, because of its decentralized issuance, cannot be muted, blocked, or stopped.
In order to be able to get (swap) sUSD on Optimism you must have already bridged eligible ERC-20 tokens via a bridge. A tutorial how to use bridges can be found here.
Connect your web3 wallet to Uniswap and make sure the
Optimistic Ethereum network in your wallet is selected.
Swap from any supported ERC-20 token to sUSD
Remember to always keep some ETH in your wallet to pay for transaction fees
