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Buy USDC: how many digital dollars your euros get you

1 USDC ≈ €0.89mid-market price on 6 platforms · 17:04 CEST

For €100 you currently get the most USDC on Bitvavo: 112.2552 USDC after all fees (0.23%). On Bybit EU you would get 111.0799 USDC, worth €1.04 less. Based on our comparison of 16 October 2026, 17:04 CEST, buying in the simple app with money already in your account.

USDC

How will you pay?

Euros already in your account, for example after a bank transfer. Any deposit fee is not included.

How will you buy?

One tap to buy in the app. The price often includes a markup.

Most USDC for your money: Bitvavo, 112.2552 USDCSee the comparison

Comparison result

€100 of USDC, Euro balance, simple app. Calculated at .

  1. Bitvavo

    Most crypto for your money

    You get

    112.2552 USDC

    Costs

    €0.23 0.23%

    Go to Bitvavo (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.25
    App markup (0.00%)
    €0.00
    Price difference and order book
    -€0.02
    Total
    €0.23

    You effectively pay €0.89 per USDC. Market data from . No markup: Bitvavo fills app orders at order-book prices (source: Bitvavo helpcenter (opens in a new tab): eenvoudig kopen is een marktorder op het orderboek; het prijsverschil gaat niet naar Bitvavo, 7 October 2026). Read our Bitvavo fee guide

  2. Bitstamp

    €0.27 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    111.9565 USDC

    Costs

    €0.50 0.50%

    Go to Bitstamp (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.00
    App markup (0.50%)
    €0.50
    Price difference and order book
    €0.00
    Total
    €0.50

    You effectively pay €0.89 per USDC. Market data from . The app markup is published by Bitstamp (source: Bitstamp fee schedule (geldig vanaf 15-10-2026) (opens in a new tab): Basic spread 1,8%, stablecoins 0,5%, bij volatiliteit tot 0,5% extra, 15 October 2026). Read our Bitstamp fee guide

  3. OKX

    €0.76 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    111.401 USDC

    Costs

    €0.99 0.99%

    Go to OKX (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.00
    Maximum app markup (1.00%)
    €0.99
    Price difference and order book
    €0.00
    Total
    €0.99

    You effectively pay €0.90 per USDC. Market data from . We use the maximum markup OKX publishes; the actual markup may be lower (source: OKX Buy/Sell/Convert spread disclosure (opens in a new tab): maximaal 1,00%, 11 August 2026). Read our OKX fee guide

  4. Bitpanda

    €0.76 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    111.3964 USDC

    Costs

    €1.00 1.00%

    Go to Bitpanda (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.99
    App markup (0.00%)
    €0.00
    Price difference and order book
    €0.01
    Total
    €1.00

    You effectively pay €0.90 per USDC. Market data from . Bitpanda publishes no markup on top of its fee, so we add none (source: Bitpanda Cost Transparency v4.0.0 (opens in a new tab): vast tarief op de eigen koers ("Offer Price"), geen aparte spread gepubliceerd, 8 July 2026). Read our Bitpanda fee guide

  5. Bybit EU

    €1.04 more than Bitvavo

    You get

    111.0799 USDC

    Costs

    €1.28 1.28%

    Go to Bybit EU (opens in a new tab)
    Cost breakdown
    Payment fee
    €0.00
    Trading fee
    €0.00
    App markup (1.30%)
    €1.28
    Price difference and order book
    €0.00
    Total
    €1.28

    You effectively pay €0.90 per USDC. Market data from . The app markup is published by Bybit EU (source: Bybit EU FAQ One-Click Buy (opens in a new tab): 1,30% op werkdagen 07:31–20:59 UTC, anders 1,80%, 15 September 2026). Read our Bybit EU fee guide

Not in this comparison

  • Kraken: On its trading screen (Kraken Pro) you get 112.2862 USDC, with a 0.20% trading fee (€0.21 in costs overall). The regular buy button charges a 1.00% fee plus a markup Kraken does not publish.

    Go to Kraken (opens in a new tab)

  • Coinbase: This platform does not publish its app fees or markup (you only see them at checkout), so we cannot rank it fairly.
  • Crypto.com: This platform charges a 0.80% fee in its app plus a markup it does not publish, so we cannot rank it fairly.

Bitpanda: based on the platform’s public price plus its published fee. Any extra markup in the app is not published by the platform.

All results are estimates based on public market data and the fees the platforms publish. They are not financial or tax advice. How we compare

USDC price

USDC in US dollars · CoinGecko

as of 17:04 CEST

$0.9999

Up 0.02% past 24 hours

Currency
Period

USDC, past 24 hours: from $0.9996 to $0.9999 (up 0.02%). High $1.00, low $0.9995.

Average price across exchanges. Data provided by CoinGecko (opens in a new tab). Past prices say nothing about future prices.

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USDC price, past 24 hours
TimePrice
Thu 17:05$0.9996
Thu 20:25$0.9996
Thu 23:55$0.9996
Fri 03:20$0.9996
Fri 07:00$0.9997
Fri 10:20$0.9998
Fri 13:55$0.9998
Fri 17:04$0.9999

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USDC price per platform

Price of 1 USDC per platform at 17:04 CEST
PlatformPrice per USDC
Bitvavo€0.89
Bybit EU€0.89
Bitstamp€0.89
OKX€0.89
Kraken€0.89
Coinbase€0.89
Bitpandapublic price€0.89

Mid-market price before fees, at 17:04 CEST. What you actually pay depends on the fees: you can see those in the comparison above.

Background

What is USDC?

By PlatformCrypto.eu editorial team · checked on

USDC (opens in a new tab) is a dollar stablecoin from Circle, so paying for it in euros is two transactions in one: a crypto purchase and a currency exchange. Each token is meant to be worth one US dollar, which means its euro value rises and falls with the EUR/USD rate. At the ECB reference rate of 15 October 2026, $1.1208 to the euro, one USDC came to roughly €0.89 before fees. Circle's token tied to the euro instead is EURC.

Circle has issued USDC since September 2018. According to Circle, more than 72 billion were in circulation on 16 October 2026, about two thirds of them on Ethereum. Most of the reserve sits in the Circle Reserve Fund, a US government money market fund managed by BlackRock and held in custody at BNY Mellon, with the rest held as cash at regulated financial institutions. A Big Four accounting firm checks every month that the reserve at least matches the tokens outstanding.

For Europe, the relevant issuer is Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS, an electronic money institution in Paris supervised by France's ACPR. ESMA's interim MiCA register has listed it as an e-money token issuer since 1 July 2024. That matters, because under MiCA only banks and e-money institutions may offer a token like this to the public or have it admitted to trading in the EU. Tether, the company behind USDT, is not in that register; our stablecoins overview sets the two side by side with other tokens.

Being an e-money token gives you specific rights. Holders resident in the EEA have a claim on Circle's French company and may redeem their tokens at par at any time, subject to anti-money-laundering checks. Direct redemption runs through Circle Mint, which only serves institutions, so individuals in practice sell USDC for euros on a platform. The token pays nothing itself: Circle may earn a return on the reserve, but its white paper states that holders have no right to any of it.

USDC is not a bank deposit, and its market price has slipped well below a dollar before, as the questions below explain.

Official website: www.circle.com (opens in a new tab)

In four steps

How to buy USDC

  1. Choose a platform

    At the top you can see where your amount buys the most USDC, with every fee included.

  2. Open an account

    Sign up and verify your identity. Licensed platforms are required to check who you are; it usually takes a few minutes.

  3. Add euros

    For example by SEPA bank transfer or by card. Check the deposit fee on the platform first: it differs per method.

  4. Buy USDC

    Enter the amount and confirm. Before you do, check the fee and the price the platform shows you.

Questions about USDC

How much is 1 USDC worth right now?

On 16 October 2026 at 17:04 CEST, 1 USDC was worth €0.89 on average: the median mid-market price on 6 platforms. The price changes all the time, and what you pay on a platform also depends on its fees.

Does a stronger euro make USDC worth less?

Measured in euros, yes. USDC is pegged to the US dollar, so when the euro gains against the dollar, each token converts into fewer euros, and when the euro weakens the opposite happens. In dollars nothing changes. The euro price you see in the comparer therefore moves with the exchange rate as well as with platform fees.

Who issues USDC in Europe, Circle France or the US company?

Both companies issue the same token. Circle Internet Financial LLC in the United States has done so since September 2018, and Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS in Paris joined as a second issuer on 1 July 2024. According to Circle's MiCA white paper the tokens are fully fungible, but reserves are split: the French company holds reserves at least equal to all USDC held in the EEA, and holders resident there have their legal claim against it.

What happened to USDC when Silicon Valley Bank failed?

On the evening of Friday 10 March 2023, Circle said it could not withdraw $3.3 billion of USDC reserves from the collapsed bank, about 8% of the total. A Federal Reserve analysis found that USDC fell as low as 86 cents on the secondary market over that weekend. The price recovered fully once Circle started processing redemptions again on Monday 13 March, and by that Wednesday Circle reported $3.8 billion of USDC redeemed.

Why can EU platforms offer USDC but not USDT?

It comes down to the issuer. Circle's French company is an authorised e-money institution with a USDC white paper on file, while Tether has no issuer in ESMA's register. In a statement of 17 January 2025, ESMA asked national supervisors to make sure that trading platforms stopped making such non-compliant stablecoins available for trading by the end of March 2025 at the latest.

Which network should you pick when withdrawing USDC?

One that your receiving wallet or exchange supports for USDC. Circle issues it natively on 38 blockchains (as of 16 September 2026), including Ethereum, Solana, Base and Arbitrum, and a token sent over a network the recipient does not support can be lost. The genuine contract on Ethereum is 0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48 and the Solana mint is EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v. Copies with the same name exist, so compare the address before adding the token to a wallet.

How do you turn USDC back into euros?

For a private individual, usually by selling it on a platform with a USDC/EUR market and withdrawing the euros to a bank account. Seven platforms in our comparison have such a market: Bitvavo, Kraken, Coinbase, Bitpanda, OKX, Bybit EU and Bitstamp. What you receive depends on the exchange rate at that moment and on the platform's fees. Redeeming directly with Circle through Circle Mint is only open to institutions.

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