> ## Documentation Index
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# External Wallet to My Shiga Wallet (Swap)

> Move Money: depositing crypto from an external wallet like MetaMask into your Shiga wallet, start to finish.

# External Wallet to My Shiga Wallet (Swap)

This Move Money path covers bringing crypto into your Shiga wallet directly from an external wallet — like MetaMask — by connecting it rather than typing in an address.

<Note>
  This is a different guide from [Shiga Wallet to Shiga Wallet (Swap)](/MoveMoney/walletswap), [Shiga Wallet to External Address (Withdrawal)](/MoveMoney/externalwithdrawal), and [My Shiga Wallet to Bank Account (Offramp)](/MoveMoney/offramp). Here, crypto moves *into* your Shiga wallet from a wallet you connect, not the other way around.
</Note>

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## 1. Open your home screen and tap Move Money

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/homescreen/Home-screen-%28Tier-2-User%29.png" alt="Enta home screen" />

Every Move Money flow starts here, on your Enta home screen — tap **Move Money** to begin.

## 2. Choose External wallet as the source

Tapping **Move Money** opens a panel titled **"Move money"** — *"Send, receive, or swap assets"*. The **From** field asks where the money's coming from: **Shiga wallet** (*"Choose from BTC, USDT"*), **External wallet** (*"Connect MetaMask or other wallets"*), or **Bank account** (*"Transfer from NGN, EUR, or GBP"*). Pick **External wallet**.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Move-money-options-from.png" alt="Move Money — choose From" />

## 3. Choose Shiga wallet as the destination

With **External wallet** set as From, the **To** field shows: **Shiga wallet** (*"Receive as BTC, USDT"*), **External address** (*"Send to any wallet address"*), or **Bank account** (*"Cash out to NGN, EUR, or GBP"*).

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/shigadigital/JQfCmZoVuI95UPEC/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Move-money-options-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JQfCmZoVuI95UPEC&q=85&s=6706ed8b40cf784f9da128fcde0a7b55" alt="Move Money — choose To" width="1440" height="1024" data-path="images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Move-money-options-2.png" />

Picking **Shiga wallet** is what puts you on the deposit path this guide covers. Once both fields are set, the panel updates to show your full selection, and the **Get started** button becomes active.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/externaltoshiga/both-set.png" alt="Move Money — From and To both set" />

## 4. Choose how you want to deposit

You land on a **Deposit crypto** screen — *"Receive cryptocurrency from external source"*. From here there are two ways in:

* Tap the **Asset** selector to get a **wallet address** (and QR code) to send crypto to manually from any external wallet or exchange.
* Tap **Or Connect External wallet** to link a wallet like MetaMask directly and send from it inside Enta — this is the path this guide covers.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-%28Empty-state%29.png" alt="Deposit crypto — choose your method" />

<Note>
  Depositing by sharing your wallet address instead of connecting a wallet works too — Enta shows a **Wallet address** panel with **Copy** and **Email** options plus a QR code (*"Send USDT on Base to this address. Arrives in \~1 minute"*), and can email the address and QR code to you. That's a separate path from the one detailed below.
</Note>

## 5. Connect your external wallet

Tapping **Or Connect External wallet** opens a swap-style screen: a **Send** card with a **Connect External Wallet** button and a **Receive** card already showing **Shiga wallet** as the destination (e.g. *"USDC on Base"*, *"Auto-swaps to USDT"*). Both **Amount** fields stay disabled — hovering shows *"Connect your wallet first to enter an amount"* — until a wallet is linked.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-%5BEmpty%5D-2.png" alt="Connect an external wallet" />

Tapping **Connect External Wallet** opens your wallet provider's own connection prompt (e.g. MetaMask).

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-%5BInteraction%5D.png" alt="Connecting your wallet" />

<Warning>
  Two things can go wrong connecting a wallet: closing or rejecting the connection prompt yourself (*"Wallet connection was cancelled. Try again when you're ready"*), or the wallet provider itself failing to connect (*"Wallet connection failed. Try again"*). Either way, you're kept on the same screen to try again.
</Warning>

## 6. Pick the asset to send and enter an amount

Once connected, tap the **Send** card to open a token picker showing every asset in your connected wallet with its balance per network (e.g. USDT or USDC, each with balances across Solana, Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon).

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-connected-%5BFilled%5D.png" alt="Choose an asset from your connected wallet" />

Pick what you want to send, then type an **Amount** — the **Receive** card calculates automatically at the live rate (e.g. sending **\$10 USDT (Base)** computes to roughly **9.95 USDC (Base)** on the receiving side, which then auto-swaps into your Shiga wallet balance).

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-connected-%5BFilled%5D-%281%29.png" alt="Amount entered, ready to continue" />

<Tip>
  Tap your connected wallet's chip any time to **Reload wallet** (refresh its balance) or **Connect another wallet** — handy if you want to switch which wallet you're depositing from mid-flow.
</Tip>

## 7. Review before you confirm

The **Review** screen shows your deposit as a single summary — for example, $10 USDT (Base) → $**9.96 USDC (Base)** — along with **Type: Swap**, **Estimated time: \~30s**, **From** (your connected wallet, address truncated), and **To** (**You**, your Shiga wallet address, truncated). A note underneath explains that USDC arriving this way is automatically swapped to USDT at a 1:1 rate and deposited into your USDT wallet. Tap **Back** to change anything, or **Confirm Deposit** to continue.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/shigadigital/QRKXce7ChOZzFOdx/images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-_-Review.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=QRKXce7ChOZzFOdx&q=85&s=08cfceb2ecde2f55eb59b036d0539c2b" alt="Review your deposit" width="1440" height="1024" data-path="images/chrome/shigatoexternal/Deposit-crypto-_-External-wallet-_-Review.png" />

<Warning>
  If your wallet rejects or fails to sign the transaction at this step, you'll see: *"Transaction was rejected in your wallet. Approve it in MetaMask to continue."*
</Warning>

## 8. Authorize the transaction

As with the rest of Move Money, authorization is done with your device's **passkey** — Face ID, Touch ID, or your device's biometric/PIN unlock. There's no code to type in; the native prompt appears on top of the review screen, and confirming it submits the deposit.

<Note>
  The authorization screen for this specific flow hasn't been fully designed in Figma yet (it's currently a placeholder), so there's nothing screen-specific to show here beyond the passkey behavior shared across Move Money.
</Note>

## 9. Processing and confirmation

Once you authorize, a loading screen reads **"Processing your transaction..."** with your deposit summary still visible underneath.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/externaltoshiga/externaltoshigaLoader.png" alt="Processing your deposit" />

When it's done, you'll land on a confirmation screen showing the same summary, with **Make another transaction** or **Go to Dashboard** to finish up.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shigadigital/images/chrome/externaltoshiga/externalto-shigaConfirmation.png" alt="Deposit confirmation" />