What it costs to send USDC in each network

Q: Where is sending USDC cheapest right now?

Right now it is Avalanche C-Chain — about < $0.0001 per transfer; the priciest is Ethereum (ERC20) at about $0.082. The figures move with network load, and the table refreshes every 10 minutes.

Q: Why is USDC ERC20 pricier than the rest?

Ethereum charges for computation: a token transfer eats about 65,000 gas. At 0.51 gwei that is roughly $0.082, and more when the network is busy.

Q: Why hold AVAX, ETH, SOL, POL and BNB if I am sending USDC?

A network takes payment in its own coin only. USDC lives inside the network as a token, so the fee leaves the network-coin balance — without it the transfer never starts.

Q: Does the fee grow with the amount?

No. It is set by the network and its load: 10 and 10,000 USDC cost the same to send.

Q: What happens if USDC goes into the wrong network?

EVM addresses all look alike — every one starts with 0x — but money only arrives in the network it was sent through. Check the network in the form against the wallet before sending; if it went wrong, write to support with the transaction hash.

USDC

What a network charges for one USDC transfer, taken from the blockchains themselves. It does not follow the amount: 10 and 10,000 cost the same.

Fees refreshed Sep 17, 2026 18:33

Cheapest right now is Avalanche C-Chain — ≈ < $0.0001 per transfer; priciest is Ethereum (ERC20) — ≈ $0.082.

What each network charges for USDC

Network	Now	Week	Paid in	Speed	Orders from
Avalanche C-Chain cheapest right now	< $0.0001 0.0000036 AVAX	< $0.0001 – $0.00019	AVAX	fast	200 USDC
Optimism	$0.00018 0.000000073 ETH	$0.00016 – $0.00021	ETH	fast	200 USDC
Solana	$0.0005 0.000005 SOL	$0.00048 – $0.0005	SOL	fast	69.9169 USDC
Polygon	$0.0017 0.018 POL	$0.0017 – $0.0018	POL	fast	22.9787 USDC
BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	$0.0024 0.0000033 BNB	$0.0023 – $0.0024	BNB	fast	200 USDC
Arbitrum One	$0.0033 0.0000013 ETH	$0.0031 – $0.0035	ETH	fast	200 USDC
Ethereum (ERC20)	$0.082 0.000033 ETH	$0.0073 – $0.2	ETH	medium	22.9787 USDC

Solana: no USDC token account on the receiving side means the sender pays about 0.00204 SOL ($0.21) to open one.

Arbitrum and Optimism: the price includes writing the transaction data into Ethereum.

The figures cover a plain wallet-to-wallet USDC transfer; an exchange or a wallet may add its own cut. Data as of Sep 17, 2026 18:33.

Who pays this fee

The sender always pays, and always in the coin of the network (AVAX, ETH, SOL, POL and BNB), never in USDC. Sending to us — the fee leaves your wallet, so keep a little of the network coin there. Receiving from us — we make the transfer, and the payout amount is visible in the form before the order is created.

What the figure is made of

AVAX C, Optimism, Polygon, BEP20, Arbitrum and ERC20: the current gas price × roughly 65,000 units — what a token transfer usually eats.

Arbitrum and Optimism run on top of Ethereum: publishing the data into Ethereum is added to the gas price, and we take it from the networks' own contracts.

Solana: the base 5,000 lamports plus the usual priority top-up from recent blocks.

Sources are the networks' public nodes (PublicNode, TronGrid, Solana RPC), dollars at CoinGecko prices. Polled every 10 minutes; if a network stays silent we show the previous value and drop anything older than a day.

How to pay less

Take the cheaper network when both wallets speak it: the gap between networks runs into hundreds of times.
Keep a little of the network coin in the wallet (AVAX, ETH, SOL, POL and BNB) — without it USDC simply will not leave.
Send less often and in bigger chunks: the network charges the same for 10 and for 10,000 USDC.
Check the network of the receiving address — a transfer into the wrong one usually means losing the money.

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Common questions about USDC fees

Where is sending USDC cheapest right now?

Right now it is Avalanche C-Chain — about < $0.0001 per transfer; the priciest is Ethereum (ERC20) at about $0.082. The figures move with network load, and the table refreshes every 10 minutes.

Why is USDC ERC20 pricier than the rest?

Ethereum charges for computation: a token transfer eats about 65,000 gas. At 0.51 gwei that is roughly $0.082, and more when the network is busy.

Why hold AVAX, ETH, SOL, POL and BNB if I am sending USDC?

A network takes payment in its own coin only. USDC lives inside the network as a token, so the fee leaves the network-coin balance — without it the transfer never starts.

Does the fee grow with the amount?

No. It is set by the network and its load: 10 and 10,000 USDC cost the same to send.

What happens if USDC goes into the wrong network?

EVM addresses all look alike — every one starts with 0x — but money only arrives in the network it was sent through. Check the network in the form against the wallet before sending; if it went wrong, write to support with the transaction hash.

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