Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI
TradingUSDC
Leads0.019 %
- p99
- 0.025%
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 51,836
USDT
Trails0.089 %
- p99
- 0.11%
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 51,837
USDC vs USDT
USDC leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks, USDT on 0. USDC wins on Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI (0.019% vs 0.089%).
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.
USDT
Tether's USD-pegged stablecoin, the dominant pair currency on most non-US crypto venues. Primary-market redemption is slower than USDC; secondary-market peg carries a premium during risk-on minutes.
Side by side measurements
Frequently asked questions
USDC vs USDT: which one is better?
USDC and USDT are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. USDC 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, USDC or USDT?
On the Most stable stablecoin, live peg deviation across USDC, USDT and DAI benchmark, USDC leads at 0.019% versus USDT at 0.089%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the USDC vs USDT 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.