This guide walks you through connecting a wallet, configuring your first Quicknode Earn strategy, and depositing USDC into approved Morpho vaults.

TL;DR

• Connect a supported wallet. The Terms of Service is an off-chain signature prompted once per wallet.
• Configure New Strategy, then approve the USDC amount you plan to deposit.
• Approve the eligible vaults. Wallets with batching support can group up to ten approvals per transaction.
• Sign the strategy authorization, then confirm the deposit. The authorization creates the strategy but does not move funds.
• Complete the deposit within one hour of creating the strategy. After confirmation, the strategy shows Earning yield.

Create your first strategy

Follow these steps to connect your wallet, configure the strategy, and deposit USDC.

1. 1
   Open Earn

   Open earn.quicknode.com and click Connect Wallet to begin.

2. 2
   Connect a wallet

   Select a supported wallet and approve the connection. If prompted, sign the Terms of Service message; this is an off-chain signature requested once per wallet.

3. 3
   Configure New Strategy

   Choose the source chain, deposit amount, eligible networks, and vault filters. Approve the USDC allowance for the deposit; no funds move at this step.

4. 4
   Approve eligible vaults

   Approve the qualifying vaults shown by network. These approvals define where Earn may route your USDC and move vault shares during rebalances.

5. 5
   Authorize and deposit

   Sign the off-chain strategy authorization, then confirm the deposit transaction to move USDC into the starting vaults.

6. 6
   Confirm the strategy

   After the deposit confirms, the strategy shows Earning yield on your dashboard.

See Supported wallets for wallet connection, Safe multisig, and batching behavior. See Creating a strategy for every configuration setting.

Complete the deposit within one hour

An unfunded strategy is automatically deleted one hour after it is created. Complete the deposit within that window.

Cross-chain deposits

If a starting vault is on a different chain from your USDC, Earn uses Circle CCTP v2. USDC is burned on the source chain, attested by Circle, minted on the destination chain, and deposited into the destination vault.

Cross-chain deposits wait for Circle's attestation before the destination deposit completes. See Cross-chain bridging for the complete flow and timing.

Where to go next

Monitoring strategies and positions

Monitor and manage your active positions.

Closing a strategy

How to close a strategy and withdraw funds.

Rebalancing

How automatic rebalancing works.