Five swap scenarios. See which one sounds like you.

Here are five situations where a swap is the obvious answer. They're not edge cases. They come up all the time.

See which one sounds like you.

‍1. The explorer – "I have BTC. Everything interesting is on Base."

You've held BTC for a while. You're not selling it, that's not the point. But you keep reading about what's happening on Base and you'd like to poke around. Apps, experiments, things you want to try. The problem: Base runs on ETH. Your BTC does nothing there.

You don't want to open a centralised exchange account just to get a small amount of ETH. You don't want to sell your Bitcoin position. You just want enough to explore.

You swap a small amount of BTC into ETH on Base. Not a significant chunk, enough to try a few things. Your BTC stays where it is. You now have what you need. Four taps, a few minutes, no exchange account required.

2. The nervous holder – "The market is up. I'd like to take some pressure off."

Things have been good lately. Your ETH is up. Which means you're now quietly anxious about it coming back down before you do anything with it. You've made gains on paper. You'd like some of that to be a bit more real. You're not ready to cash out entirely, that's a different decision. You just want to reduce the exposure a little.

Selling to your bank means a tax event in most places, plus a three-day wait and fees on both sides. Leaving it as-is means checking the price every morning.

You swap some ETH into USDC. Same wallet. The value is now pegged to the dollar, the decision can wait, and you haven't committed to anything permanent. The pressure is off. You can think clearly.

3. The gift-giver – "My friend lives on TON. I have ETH."

You want to send a friend something. Not a grand gesture, a small transfer, the kind you'd do without thinking if you were both on the same chain. The problem: they're deep in the Telegram ecosystem. They use TON for everything. And sending ETH to a TON address simply doesn't work. Different networks, different addresses, different everything.

You could explain this to your friend and ask them to set up an Ethereum wallet. You could spend twenty minutes figuring out a bridge. Or you could swap some ETH into TON and send it.

You swap. They get something they can actually use. Nobody had to explain anything.

4. The accidental tourist – "I bought ETH on the wrong chain."

You were in a hurry. You meant to buy ETH on Arbitrum, there's something specific you wanted to do there. You bought ETH on Optimism instead. Not a disaster, but it's sitting in the wrong place and bridging between L2s is finicky.

It happens more than people admit.

You swap the Optimism ETH for ETH on Arbitrum. Correct network, correct asset, no drama. You're where you meant to be. Nobody needs to know about the detour.

5. The new arrival – "I want to try Solana. I have zero SOL."

You've been hearing about Solana for months. Apps, a whole ecosystem doing things differently, a community you'd like to look at more closely. You want to explore. But to do anything on Solana – pay a transaction fee, interact with an app, send something – you need SOL in your wallet. And you have none.

You have ETH. A small amount of it is enough.

You swap. The SOL lands in your wallet. You're on Solana. That was the only thing standing between you and it.

The common thread

Different situations, same shape. You had one thing, you needed another, and going through a bank or a centralised exchange was either too slow, too expensive, or more commitment than the moment called for.

That's what swaps are for.

Ramp Network supports over 1,200 pairs across 16 networks, including native BTC cross-chain – the kind of swap that most services either don't support or bury inside a browser flow. You send from your wallet. You receive to your wallet. Ramp Network never holds your private keys.

Most swaps cost less than 2% all-in. Some eligible routes on Base drop as low as 0%. The price is shown before you confirm.

You can try your first one for $1.

Swaps are not available in the EU. Asset and network availability may vary by jurisdiction. Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.