Add funds

There are two ways in. If your money is on a chain Hermit holds keys for (the EVM chains, Solana or NEAR), send it to your address. If it’s somewhere else, like Bitcoin or USDT on Tron, NEAR Intents gives you a one-time address that swaps it on the way in.

Open Add funds from the Wallets page, or tap Receive on the home screen.

Send to your own address

1. Pick the network along the top: EVM networks, Solana or NEAR. You’ll see a QR code, your address, and Copy and Share.
2. Send from your exchange or other wallet. For EVM it’s the same address on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, BNB, Polygon and Monad, so just pick the network you’re sending on.
3. Leave the sheet open. It says “Waiting for your deposit” and checks those networks every second.

When the money lands, the QR code turns into a green ring with the amount counting up, something like +25 USDC, ≈ $25.00, on Base. It’s in your wallet. On Base that’s usually well under a second after you send. Solana is just as quick.

Network matters for fees. USDC on Base or Arbitrum costs cents to send, and on Ethereum it costs dollars. If you’re coming from an exchange, open From an exchange, step by step on the same sheet: Withdraw, choose USDC, set the network to Arbitrum One or Base, paste the address, and it usually lands in one to three minutes.

A new NEAR account becomes active with its first NEAR. About 0.01 NEAR is enough.

From any chain, via NEAR Intents

The row under the QR code reads “BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT on Tron and 200 more”. Nothing is signed in Hermit here. You send from wherever the coins are, and NEAR Intents solvers swap them and pay out to your own address.

1. Tap From any chain, via NEAR Intents.
2. Under You send, pick what you have, like BTC on Bitcoin. Under You get, pick what it should arrive as: NEAR, USDC on Base, Arbitrum or Solana, ETH on Base, Arbitrum or Ethereum, or SOL. USDC on Base is the default.
3. Type about how much. Refunds go back to this wallet when it has an address on that chain. For Bitcoin, Tron and the others, type your own address there for refunds.
4. Tap Get deposit address. Hermit asks 1Click for a live quote and shows “Send to this address” with a QR code, what to send, what you’ll get, and Address valid until with a time.
5. Send from your exchange or wallet before that time, then tap I’ve sent it.

Under the address there’s a tracker with four steps:

1. You send to the deposit address
2. 1Click sees the deposit
3. Solvers swap it on NEAR Intents
4. Delivered to Base (or wherever you picked)

Some chains need a memo too. When they do, a “Memo required” line shows up, and a tap copies it. Don’t skip it.

Changed your mind before sending? Tap Start over. Hermit hides that address and asks for a new one. If you did send to it, that money still arrives and shows in Activity.

If the coins are already in Hermit, you don’t need any of this. Tap Open Swap instead, or see Swap and bridge.

When it says “I’ve checked it”

Hermit checks the 1Click signature on every quote before it shows you an address. If the signature doesn’t check out on your device, it shows a warning first and keeps the address hidden. You only see it after you tap I’ve checked it, and that means you’ve checked the amount and the address with 1Click yourself. NEAR Intents explains the check.

Mainnet

It’s mainnet: real swaps move real money. A deposit address is for one quote and expires. Send only before “Address valid until”, and only if you mean it.

Funding Hyperliquid

To trade perps you need USDC in Hyperliquid. Tap Deposit on the Trade page and Hermit lists what you can move, with a hint under each one. You type an amount, and it picks the cheapest route by itself:

• USDC on Arbitrum, 5 or more, goes straight into Hyperliquid’s bridge. One transaction, about $0.01 of gas.
• USDC on another EVM chain, into a brand-new Hyperliquid account, goes to your own Arbitrum address through Relay first, then into the bridge. That’s two transactions, one Face ID each (Touch ID on a Mac), and it skips the roughly $1.20 Hyperliquid charges Relay to open a new account. The sheet shows what it saves.
• Everything else takes Relay’s one-step route.

The bridge needs at least 5 USDC, so smaller amounts always go through Relay. The bridge routes also need a little ETH on Arbitrum for gas. Without it, Hermit uses Relay’s one-step route so nothing gets stuck halfway. If a two-step deposit does stop after the first step, Fund Hyperliquid shows Finish your Hyperliquid deposit so you can send the rest.

You can also fund Hyperliquid from any chain: the same NEAR Intents flow, paying out as USDC in your Hyperliquid account. Trade covers the rest.

Money’s in? Time for your first chat.