Cheapest chain to send USDC today
On 2026-10-13 15:15 UTC, the cheapest chain to send USDC was Solana at USD 0.000538.
Page generated 2026-10-13 15:15 UTC, from a live read of our own route
USDC transfer fee by chain, cheapest first
Read 2026-10-13 15:15 UTC
| Rank | Chain | Fee (USD) | Fee (native token) | Native token price and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solana | 0.000538 | 0.000005 SOL | SOL at USD 107.677, Pyth SOL/USD on Solana |
| 2 | Base | 0.00098 | 0.00000039 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
| 3 | Polygon | 0.00175 | 0.017435436503095 POL | POL at USD 0.100346, Chainlink MATIC/USD (POL) on Polygon |
| 4 | BNB Chain | 0.00242 | 0.00000325 BNB | BNB at USD 744.541, Chainlink BNB/USD on BNB Chain |
| 5 | Arbitrum One | 0.00327 | 0.0000013 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
| 6 | Ethereum | 0.0884 | 0.00003516405828 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
USDT transfer fee by chain, cheapest first
Read 2026-10-13 15:15 UTC
| Rank | Chain | Fee (USD) | Fee (native token) | Native token price and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solana | 0.000538 | 0.000005 SOL | SOL at USD 107.677, Pyth SOL/USD on Solana |
| 2 | Base | 0.00098 | 0.00000039 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
| 3 | Polygon | 0.00175 | 0.017435436503095 POL | POL at USD 0.100346, Chainlink MATIC/USD (POL) on Polygon |
| 4 | BNB Chain | 0.00242 | 0.00000325 BNB | BNB at USD 744.541, Chainlink BNB/USD on BNB Chain |
| 5 | Arbitrum One | 0.00327 | 0.0000013 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
| 6 | Ethereum | 0.0884 | 0.00003516405828 ETH | ETH at USD 2513.88, Chainlink ETH/USD (Ethereum, else Base) |
Solana: new token account rent
The Solana fee above does not include rent. If the recipient has no token account for the mint, the sender also pays a one-time rent of about USD 0.16 (0.00148844 SOL).
A recipient with no token account for this mint needs one created; the sender then also pays this one-time rent (recipient_ata_rent_*; refundable only when that account is closed). Most recipients that already hold the token do not.
Assumptions, as returned
- EVM chains: 65,000 gas units for one ERC-20 transfer to a funded recipient (the standard figure, not measured per chain); the fee does not depend on the amount.
- EVM fee = gas units x the node's current gas price (base fee + priority fee); Base's small L1 data fee is not included.
- Solana: 5,000 lamports for one signature plus the median recent priority fee over 30,000 compute units; creating the recipient's token account would add rent (see recipient_ata_rent_*).
- Native-token USD prices come from on-chain oracles (Chainlink on Ethereum, Polygon and BNB Chain, Pyth on Solana), not an exchange; fees move block to block. Informational, not a quote.
- Rank is by fee in USD, cheapest first; a chain that could not be read is listed last with an error code.
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