{
  "slug": "crypto-available-balance-before-swap",
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Available Balance vs Total Balance Before a Crypto Swap: Why You Cannot Send the Full Amount",
  "pageUrl": "https://etz-swap.com/blog/crypto-available-balance-before-swap",
  "cover": "https://api.etz-swap.com/api/v1/content?path=blog/crypto-available-balance-before-swap-cover.jpg",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "ETZ Swap",
    "url": "https://etz-swap.com",
    "logo": "https://api.etz-swap.com/api/v1/content?path=blog/logo.webp"
  },
  "friendlyUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/blog/crypto-swap-fee-breakdown",
      "anchor": "crypto swap fee breakdown"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/blog/crypto-swap-confirmation-time",
      "anchor": "Crypto swap confirmation time"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/blog/crypto-swap-minimum-amount-guide",
      "anchor": "crypto swap minimum amount guide"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/blog/wallet-to-wallet-crypto-swap",
      "anchor": "wallet-to-wallet crypto swap"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/exchange-pair/btc-btc-xmr-xmr-0.125",
      "anchor": "BTC to XMR route"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/exchange-pair/eth-eth-xmr-xmr-0.125",
      "anchor": "ETH to XMR route"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://etz-swap.com/exchange-pair/usdt-eth-xmr-xmr-100",
      "anchor": "USDT to XMR route"
    }
  ],
  "keyQuestions": [
    "Why is my crypto available balance lower than my total balance?",
    "Why does my wallet show a balance but say insufficient funds?",
    "Can I send my entire crypto balance to a swap?",
    "Why can I not send USDT even though I have enough USDT?",
    "How do network fees reduce the maximum sendable amount?",
    "Should I use the wallet's send-max button before creating a swap order?",
    "What happens if the wallet sends less than the swap order expects?"
  ],
  "quickSteps": [
    "Open the source wallet's send screen and identify the current available balance instead of relying on the portfolio total.",
    "Reserve enough native coin for the network fee, especially when the source asset is a token.",
    "Exclude pending, staked, locked, collateralized, and platform-restricted funds from the planned deposit.",
    "Check the route minimum and create the swap order only after the exact sendable amount is known.",
    "Verify the final amount, network, address, and fee once more, then stop if the wallet cannot send the order amount exactly."
  ],
  "issueRouting": {
    "start": "The wallet displays enough cryptocurrency, but the user cannot send the full amount required by the swap order.",
    "branches": [
      {
        "if": "The source asset pays its own network fee",
        "then": [
          "Open the send screen and check the current maximum sendable amount.",
          "Leave enough of the source asset to cover the network fee.",
          "Create a fresh swap order using the amount the wallet can send exactly."
        ]
      },
      {
        "if": "The source asset is a token that requires a separate native coin for gas",
        "then": [
          "Confirm the exact token network.",
          "Identify the native asset used to pay that network's fee.",
          "Add enough of the correct native coin before creating the swap order."
        ]
      },
      {
        "if": "Part of the displayed balance is pending, staked, locked, reserved, or restricted",
        "then": [
          "Identify which part of the balance is currently transferable.",
          "Complete any confirmation, unlock, unstaking, claim, or platform-release process.",
          "Wait until the funds appear in the available balance before creating the quote."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "riskNotes": [
    "The portfolio balance may include funds that cannot currently be transferred.",
    "Sending the full displayed balance can fail when the network fee is paid from the same asset.",
    "A token transfer may be impossible when the wallet has no native coin for gas.",
    "Unconfirmed transactions and pending change can temporarily reduce the safe spendable balance.",
    "A source-network reserve is different from the minimum deposit accepted by the swap route.",
    "If the wallet sends less than the order expects, the swap may be delayed, repriced, reviewed, or treated as an underpayment."
  ]
}