Cost to send USDC on Unichain: $0.00027
Live network fee for a USDC (ERC-20) transfer, updated 1 min ago.
Sending USDC on Unichain currently costs about $0.00027 in network fees (9.95e-8 ETH). The fee is paid in ETH, not in USDC: keep a little ETH in the wallet or the transfer will fail.
USDC also exists on 10 other networks we track. 2 of them are cheaper right now — the cheapest is USDC on Sonic at $0.00014. Only switch networks if the recipient (wallet or exchange deposit address) explicitly supports that network.
The current gas price is 0.0015 gwei (base fee 0.0005 gwei + median tip 0 gwei). A plain ETH transfer uses 21,000 gas, a ERC-20 token transfer about 65,000 gas (upper estimate; transfers to an address that already holds the token use less), and a simple DEX swap about 180,000 gas. On this rollup the L1 data fee for a token transfer is currently 2.01e-9 ETH (< $0.0001).
USDC transfer cost on every network
| Network | Existing holder | New holder |
|---|---|---|
| Sonic | $0.00014 | $0.00014 |
| OP Mainnet | $0.00019 | $0.00019 |
| Unichain | $0.00027 | $0.00027 |
| Solana | $0.00059 | $0.241 |
| Base | $0.0011 | $0.0011 |
| Celo | $0.0013 | $0.0013 |
| Polygon PoS | $0.0027 | $0.0027 |
| Arbitrum One | $0.0035 | $0.0035 |
| Avalanche C-Chain | $0.0036 | $0.0036 |
| Ethereum | $0.047 | $0.047 |
| TRON | $2.25 | $4.45 |
USDC on Unichain: contract
0x078d782b760474a361dda0af3839290b0ef57ad6 — view on explorer. Never trust a contract address from a DM or an ad.
FAQ
How much does it cost to send USDC on Unichain?
About $0.00027 right now (9.95e-8 ETH), paid in ETH. The estimate is refreshed every 10 minutes from public Unichain nodes.
Why does an exchange charge more to withdraw USDC on Unichain?
Exchanges set their own flat withdrawal fee, often well above the actual network fee, to cover operations and fee spikes. The figure on this page is the on-chain network fee only.
What happens if I send USDC on the wrong network?
Tokens sent to an address on a network the recipient does not support can be lost or need a costly manual recovery. Always check that the receiving wallet or exchange lists Unichain as a deposit network for USDC.
What is the USDC contract address on Unichain?
0x078d782b760474a361dda0af3839290b0ef57ad6 (source: CoinGecko). Verify it on uniscan.xyz before adding the token to your wallet.
See also: Unichain gas fees · transfer cost calculator · methodology. Estimates, not quotes.
Data updated: 2026-10-01 12:00 UTC.