USDC vs USDe

USDe leads on the only live benchmark. USDe wins on Cheapest USDT stablecoin swap on Binance, live USDC, FDUSD, USDe spread (0.015% vs 0.030%).

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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.

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USDe

Ethena's synthetic dollar anchored by a delta-neutral basis trade on perpetual futures. Flashed to $0.65 on Binance USDEUSDT during the October 10 2025 liquidation cascade.

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Frequently asked questions

USDC vs USDe: which one is better?

USDC and USDe are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. USDe leads on Cheapest USDT stablecoin swap on Binance, live USDC, FDUSD, USDe spread. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is cheaper, USDC or USDe?

On the Cheapest USDT stablecoin swap on Binance, live USDC, FDUSD, USDe spread benchmark, USDe leads at 0.015% versus USDC at 0.030%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the USDC vs USDe 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.

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How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing — panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.