Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI
TradingDAI
Leads0.0019 %
- p99
- 0.0023%
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 7,200
USDC
Trails0.019 %
- p99
- 0.025%
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 51,836
DAI vs USDC
DAI leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks, USDC on 0. DAI wins on Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI (0.0019% vs 0.019%).
DAI
MakerDAO's overcollateralized stablecoin (now Sky's USDS legacy version). CEX coverage is essentially dead in 2026; the only honest live peg signal is on-chain via Curve 3pool's get_dy.
USDC
Circle's USD-redeemed stablecoin, audited and backed by short-duration Treasuries and same-day USD cash. Same-day primary-market redemption with US banks is the structural anchor for the peg.
Side by side measurements
Frequently asked questions
DAI vs USDC: which one is better?
DAI and USDC are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. DAI leads on Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across usdc, usdt and dai, DAI or USDC?
On the Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI benchmark, DAI leads at 0.0019% versus USDC at 0.019%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the DAI vs USDC comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
How this pair was selected
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.