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# Fund with USDG or ETH

There are no offers in gage's first version. A listing carries an asking price, and a lender funds it at that price in one transaction. The deal is funded at once and the clock starts.

## With USDG

1. Approve USDG for the amount, if you have not before.
2. Choose **Fund** on the listing. The button carries the amount: `FUND 1,814.88 USDG`.
3. The USDG moves to the borrower's balance, less the protocol fee, and the deal is **FUNDED**. Expiry is set to now plus the term.

## With ETH

The app swaps ETH to USDG on Uniswap and funds in the same transaction. The contracts only ever hold USDG.

Before you sign, the screen shows:

| Line             | Example                                                        |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| You pay          | 0.7642 ETH ≈ 1,830.15 USDG · wallet 1.2040 ETH                 |
| Rate             | the quoted swap rate                                           |
| Minimum accepted | the USDG the swap must return or the whole transaction reverts |
| Total ETH debit  | 0.7642 + gas ≈ 0.0009                                          |
| Approvals        | 2 signatures · 1 Swap · 2 Fund                                 |

If the swap returns more USDG than the asking price, the surplus is credited to your balance.

## What you hold after funding

* A claim on the cap if the borrower reclaims, credited to your balance the moment they do.
* A claim on the collateral if they do not, claimable once the grace window after expiry has ended.
* sGAGE rewards for the deal, dripping over the term, yours either way.

## Withdrawing

Whatever is owed to you sits in your balance until you withdraw it. USDG can be withdrawn as USDG, or swapped to ETH or a Stock Token on the way out, with the same disclosure of rate and minimum. The swap happens outside the contracts, after the withdrawal.

{% hint style="warning" %}
You may end up holding the collateral instead of USDG.
{% endhint %}


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