How can I import bridge transactions?

In the situation above, there were three transactions that occurred:

Without telling CoinLedger that this was a bridge transaction, our app would not know that these transactions were related-and thus, a Missing Cost Basis Warning would appear in this customer's account. You can resolve this by following the steps below.

CoinLedger will identify any potential bridge, transfer or trade transactions that were not automatically mapped upon import on the Transactions page. Using the Potential Bridges, Trades and Transfers tab, you can review each of the transactions CoinLedger has flagged and easily merge them together to resolve any Missing Cost Basis warnings on your account.

CoinLedger will flag each potential bridge transaction in pairs.

To merge these transactions together into a Bridge, check the box next to each potential transaction match and then select Confirm All from the pop-up menu at the bottom of your screen. This will merge each Bridge together under the transaction type CoinLedger suggested.

Finally, to confirm these changes, press Save All.

Repeat this process for all of the potential bridges CoinLedger has flagged on your account.

If you were expecting to see a Bridge that was not suggested here, don't worry - you can still manually mark the transaction as a Bridge. Move onto the next step for more information on this process.

Step 1

Head to the CoinLedger app, and navigate to the Transactions page.

Step 2

Filter for the assets and/or platforms in question. Using the above example, the customer would filter their account for the assets ETH and Arbitrum ETH, as well as the platforms Coinbase and 1Inch.

Then, identify each Withdrawal and Deposit transaction that show how you bridged the asset - that is, withdrawing the original asset and depositing the new version of the asset on the new chain. The amount and timestamp for this withdrawal and deposit should be similar, if not equivalent.

Once you've located each transaction, select them as shown below.

Finally, at the bottom of your screen select Merge and then Bridge. This will create a bridge transaction between the two assets. In the example from earlier, this action would create a bridge trade of ETH for Arbitrum ETH, and would resolve the Missing Cost Basis Warning on that customer's account.

Some transaction types can't be marked as a bridge. These include:

Step 1

Navigate to the Transactions page and click Add Transaction. The Add Transaction menu will now pop up on your screen.

Step 2

First, select Bridge as your transaction type under Classification. Once you've done this, select Next.

Step 3

After this, you'll need to enter the Timestamp for the transaction (in UTC time) as well as the Source and Destination Accounts (or wallets) where the bridge occurred.

For example, if I sent my ETH from Coinbase to my Arbitrum wallet in MetaMask, (bridging my ETH to Arbitrum ETH), I would select Coinbase as the Source and MetaMask - Arbitrum as the Destination.

You can select the date and time manually by scrolling to your desired month, day and year or by typing it in directly on the timestamp field. Once you have completed these steps, click Next.

💡 TIP: Be sure to use the UTC date and time for your transaction.

Step 4

Now you will need to enter the asset (or coin) that was bridged in this transaction. In the example above, it was ETH - so I entered Arbitrum ETH as the Asset Received and ETH as the Asset Sent.

💡 TIP: You do not need to manually set a price for your assets as CoinLedger will automatically set the correct price for you.

Once you have entered the asset(s) and amount(s) in the required fields, continue on to the final step by hitting Next.
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Step 5

Finally, you have the option to add any Fees you paid in this transaction. Once you have entered all of the necessary information for this transaction, press Save.