# Minting Your Investments Outside of Ethereum

The **KAIO Gateway** allows you to move your tokenised fund units to **whitelisted wallets and DeFi protocols** across Ethereum and supported networks — with full compliance, transparency and security.

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### **Bridging Assets Between Networks**

Bridging lets you move your fund tokens from the KAIO platform to **whitelisted external wallets or DeFi protocols,** while maintaining on-chain traceability and legal ownership.

You can use the KAIO Gateway to:

* Send tokens to your own wallet (**cross-chain)** on supported networks
* Transfer to **approved DeFi protocols** (vaults, staking, lending, trading)

Only wallets and apps that have been whitelisted are permitted to receive KAIO assets. This restriction ensures secure and compliant composability.

#### **Bridging Fees**

* **KAIO wallet → external wallet or DeFi**: KAIO pays the gas fee (included in your management costs)
* **External wallet → other destination**: You pay the gas fee on the source network

Fees are shown before transaction submission so there are no surprises.

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### **Same-Network Transfers**

Not all transfers require bridging between blockchains. Sometimes, you just need to move your fund units **between two wallets on the same network** (e.g. Ethereum → Ethereum).

KAIO supports these same-network transfers between:

* **Your KAIO wallet and an external, whitelisted wallet you control**
* **Two whitelisted wallets (e.g. to a custodian, or another approved address)**

#### **Same-Network Transfer Fees**

In same-network transfers:

* **You pay the gas fee** on the source network when initiating from an **external wallet**
* **KAIO covers the gas fee** when sending from your **KAIO wallet**, and the cost is included in your management fee

All fees are shown before the transaction is submitted to ensure full fee transparency.

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### **How to Bridge Using KAIO Gateway**

### **Step by Step**

1. Navigate to the **Gateway** tab on the **KAIO** platform
2. Select **origin and destination networks**
3. **Choose your origin wallet:** either your **KAIO** wallet or a whitelisted external wallet (which you control)
4. **Choose your destination wallet**: either your **KAIO** wallet or an external wallet (which you control) or a whitelisted DeFi protocol
5. Enter the amount to transfer
6. Review the Gateway transfer **fees**
7. Click **“Confirm & Send”**, then sign the transaction with your wallet

> 🔐 You must connect your whitelisted external wallet to execute Gateway transfers. Ensure you have enough ETH or the native token for gas.

#### Executing a Gateway Transfer

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### **Understanding Transaction Status**

Once you initiate a bridging or transfer action, **KAIO** will track it in real time and you can follow the transaction’s progress directly in the **Gateway** and **Activities** views.

Here’s what each status means:

* **Processing** – Transaction is being validated and prepared
* **In Transit** – Transfer has been initiated on-chain
* **Transferred** – Assets have been successfully delivered to the destination wallet or protocol
* **Failed** – Something went wrong (you’ll see an error message and support guidance)

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### What Happens Next?

With secure bridging, same-network transfers, and full transaction traceability, the **KAIO** Gateway turns your fund positions into **on-chain assets you can move, manage, and put to work**.


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