Your account arrives funded

There is no onboarding form. You connect the account you trade from, and the venue provisions it on its own — gas for transactions, collateral already deposited, and the right to trade. By the time you reach the ticket, the account is ready.

This walk is for the client — the firm that hedges. To hedge is to lock a price now so a later swing in the exchange rate can't hurt you. You trade with CRX itself: one agreement, one desk on the other side, and nothing to choose. Time: ~1 min to read, ~1 min to do.

1Connect your custody

Connect the account you trade from. It lives with your custodian — BitGo, Fireblocks, Copper, or any custody platform that can connect and sign — and it is your sign-in, so there is no email and no password. Connecting tells CRX which firm you are, and the desk opens at once.

2The venue funds you

The moment a fresh account connects, CRX provisions it. No form, no wallet prompt, no transaction to sign — a quiet "Funding your account" line shows in the desk while it lands, usually within seconds. What arrives:

• Gas. A small native balance, so your own later transactions never stall.
• Collateral, already deposited. 100,000 of each eligible collateral token — USDC and EURC — credited straight to your collateral balance. Collateral is the cash that backs your trades: when a hedge binds, the contract sets aside part of this balance as initial margin — a deposit held to cover the trade.
• Trading rights. Your account is whitelisted to trade, on-chain.

Your collateral stays in your own separate account; margin is held by the contract, never by CRX. To learn how each asset is valued, see Collateral (~3 min).

3Trade

That is the whole walk. The desk opens on the ticket, your balance reads funded on the Collateral screen, and your firm label defaults to your account address — rename it any time in Settings.

Next: Place a trade (~5 min). Turn funded collateral into a hedge.