True cost · USD Coin
The cheapest way to buy USD Coin — measured, not advertised.
We compare every venue in our set that quotes USDC against EUR — and none of them costs what the fee table says. Below: the live all-in cost of a USD Coinpurchase at your size — fee plus the spread we measure by walking each venue’s actual orderbook — ranked by the USDC that lands in your account.
The trade itself — no withdrawal fee added.
Ranked by net amount received — never by what a venue pays us.
At OKX, €1,000.00 buys 1,139.34 USDC — €0.37 ahead of the runner-up.
1 USDC ≈ €0.88 · $1.00 — CoinGecko reference price, live. Each venue’s own price paid per unit, fee and spread included, is in the Unit price column below.
| Venue | Reliability | You get (USDC) | Unit price | Total cost | vs cheapest | Data | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKXmost USDC for your money | — | 1,139.34 | €0.877700 | €0.40 | — | live · 1s | |
| KuCoin | — | 1,138.92 | €0.878904 | €0.77 | +€0.37 | live · 1s | |
| MEXC | — | 1,138.52 | €0.878770 | €1.12 | +€0.72 | live · 3s | |
| Bybit | — | 1,138.33 | €0.879357 | €1.29 | +€0.89 | live · 4s | |
| Bitget | — | 1,137.94 | €0.879658 | €1.63 | +€1.23 | live · 3s | |
| Kraken | — | 1,134.91 | €0.884649 | €4.29 | +€3.89 | live · 1s | |
| Coinbase | — | 1,125.93 | €0.898816 | €12.18 | +€11.78 | live · 0s | |
| Bitpandaestimated | — | 1,123.07 | €0.890417 | €14.68 | +€14.28 | list price · not live |
OKXmost USDC for your money
You get (USDC)
1,139.34
Total cost
€0.40
— vs cheapest
Unit price (you pay) €0.877700
KuCoin
You get (USDC)
1,138.92
Total cost
€0.77
+€0.37 vs cheapest
Unit price (you pay) €0.878904
MEXC
You get (USDC)
1,138.52
Total cost
€1.12
+€0.72 vs cheapest
Unit price (you pay) €0.878770
Measured on EUR order books — every venue here is walked on its USDC/EUR pair. The same venue’s USD or USDT book can price differently.
measured by Skontro · orderbook walked for this exact order size · modelled rows (list price) say so
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Why the advertised fee misleads
Spread is a price, not a percentage.
A “0.10% fee” on a €1,000 USD Coin order is one euro. The spread between the reference price and the levels your order actually consumes can be several times that — and it grows with order size, especially in thin books. That is why we rank venues by net USDC received instead of any quoted percentage, and why every figure on this page carries its data age. The full methodology.
Not investment advice. Skontro is not a CASP under MiCAR. Some venue links are affiliate links. Skontro earns a commission from the linked platform at no extra cost to you. Ranking is never influenced by affiliate payout. Market data from public exchange orderbooks; EUR reference via CoinGecko. Every figure carries its data age.