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The big picture
How The Pieces Fit Together
From your hardware wallet to your first liquidity pool - here's how each piece connects. Watch the matching lessons in the DeFi Accelerator 5.0 on Circle, where the hands-on setup lives.
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Steps 1 & 2
Set up your wallets
Start with a hardware wallet for safety, then add a software wallet for each network you use.
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Step One
Hardware
Hardware wallet
Keeps your long-term holdings offline. The single most important step.
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Step Two
Software
Software wallets
One per network. Use these for daily activity. Pair them with your Ledger/Trezor for secure access.
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Steps 3 & 4
Choose a network & put it to work
Each network has its own apps. Pick one to start, then swap, provide liquidity, lend, borrow, or trade with protocols we trust.
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Step Five
Bridges
A bridge moves your money from one network to another. Use them carefully - always send a small test amount first.
Here's what bridging looks like: moving ETH from Rabby to Solflare or Nu.fi on Solana using deBridge.
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Ethereum ↔ Solana & more
To Sui
✦ Wallets · Ecosystem · Bridges, on one page
All Five Steps, One Flow
Pick your network in Step 3 and Steps 2, 4 and 5 update to match - your wallet, your apps, and your bridges, all without leaving the page.
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The foundation · every network
Set up a hardware wallet
Do this once. A Ledger or Trezor stores your keys offline and protects everything you do on every network below.
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One per network · tap to select yours
Add a software wallet
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Choose once · everything follows
Choose your network
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Swap, lend & trade
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✦ Reference · wallets, networks, apps & bridges
How It All Connects
New to DeFi and not sure where to begin? This is the orientation map. Start by comparing the three networks, then see the full setup for the one you pick - hardware wallet, software wallet, apps, and bridges, in the order they fit together.
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Your hardware wallet · works on every network
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Your software Web3 wallet · one per network
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Compare and pick one · start on Ethereum
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Bridge between networks · move money between Ethereum, Solana & Sui
How bridging works: moving ETH from Rabby to Solflare or Nu.fi on Solana using deBridge.
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✦ Explore & discover
What do you want to do in DeFi?
Pick a goal below and we'll hand you the exact apps that do it - plus the wallet and network you need to get there. No jargon, no guesswork. Just tap and explore.
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To do this, here's the path you need
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Read it right to left: the app is your goal - everything to its left is what you set up first to get there.
On Solana Ledger users pick Solflare, Trezor users pick Nu.fi.
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Full visual map
The bird's-eye view of every network, wallet, and protocol - all on one canvas. Tap any name for details.
How to read this map
Ethereum
Solana
Sui
Hardware
Read top to bottom: your hardware wallet, then a network wallet, then the apps on each network, and finally the bridges between them. Tap any tile to see what it is and its link.
Seen the map?
Start with the pieces
Explore the pieces in order - hardware wallet, software wallet, network, apps, and bridges - and how they fit together.
Want this on your wall? Grab the print-quality version of the map:
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Your First Liquidity Pool
From your bank account to your first DeFi pool
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You're ready
Launch your first liquidity pool
The Accelerator walks you through depositing on Morpho first - start there, then explore Beefy and Uniswap once you're comfortable.
Where to put your USDC/ETH to work
Follow the order - start with 1.