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Fund Collateral Account

Overview

Before you can being trading on margin, you must transfer assets from your Go Account to your Collateral Account.

BitGo accepts the following assets as collateral:

  • USD
  • USDT
  • USDC
  • BTC

After transferring assets into your Collateral Account, the assets lock and you can only withdraw them by contacting support@bitgo.com.

Prerequisites

Deposit Assets

Endpoint: Transfer Collateral for Margin

  • cURL
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export BITGO_EXPRESS_HOST="<YOUR_LOCALHOST>"
export ACCOUNT_ID="<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"
export ACCESS_TOKEN="<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
export CURRENCY="<ASSET_ID>"
export QUANTITY="<AMOUNT_IN_BASE_UNITS>"
curl -X POST \
  https://$BITGO_EXPRESS_HOST:3080/api/prime/trading/v1/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/margin/collateral/transfer \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
        "currency": "'"$CURRENCY"'",
        "quantity": "'"$QUANTITY"'",
      }'

Step Result

  • JSON
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{
  "currency": "BTC",
  "quantity": "2",
  "balanceValue": {
    "quantity": "1000000",
    "currency": "USD"
  }
}

Next

Place Margin Order

See Also

Go Network Overview