HowTo: Bridge USDC to Polygon
How to bridge USDC from Ethereum Mainnet to Polygon
Pre-Requisites
- ETH in your Ethereum Wallet
- USDC you wish to bridge
Login onto the Polygon Web Wallet
- Head over to the Polygon Web Wallet app.
Click here: Polygon Web Wallet
2. Connect to your Ethereum wallet
3. You’ll be asked to sign the transaction — click on Sign.
Once you have connected, you will see a dashboard showing your all token balances on the Polygon Network.
3. Click on Move funds from Ethereum to Polygon near the top right.
4. Use the dropdown menu to the right of the word “MAX” and choose USDC to bridge over.
5. Then input the amount of USDC to bridge.
6. Click Transfer, then Continue to move funds from Ethereum to Polygon.
You’ll be shown a transfer overview with the total gas required to bridge the token over. This is what the required ETH is for. Click Continue to proceed and follow the instructions on screen.
Once your tokens are transferred, it will take 8–10 minutes for them to arrive to your wallet address on Polygon. You will be able to view the USDC on the Polygon dashboard from above.
You also will need a small amount of MATIC to pay for gas on Polygon. There are some faucets which will give you a small amount of MATIC enough to make a trade on QuickSwap to get some more. One such faucet is MacNCheese Faucet which will give you 0.001 MATIC.
There are many tutorials on how to configure MetaMask to support Polygon. Here’s one example.
