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USDC · Stablecoin
The latest available USD Coin reference is 1.00 USDT on USDC/USDT at OKX. It is a read-only market observation, not an executable quote.
A dollar-targeting stablecoin issued by Circle with reserve and redemption dependencies.
Circle and Coinbase introduced USDC in 2018; Circle now manages issuance and redemption.
USD Coin appears in this directory for research, not as an endorsement. Its stablecoin design should be judged through the documented network, supply, control, and failure model rather than through the USDC unit price alone.
The displayed USDC reference is the latest available observation from OKX for USDC/USDT. It belongs to that venue, quote asset, and timestamp; USD Coin has no single official global price.
An executable USDC order can differ after spread, depth, slippage, fees, payment method, and location. This page therefore labels the USDT quote instead of presenting the stablecoin market as cash USD.
Identify the issuer, reserve evidence, redemption path, address controls, and each host network before treating a dollar target as cash equivalence.
USD Coin uses a token issued across one or more host blockchains rather than a separate proof-of-work monetary network.
For USDC, Circle issues and redeems USDC under its reserve, banking, compliance, and supported-network policies.
The issuer can influence issuance, redemption, supported chains, and address controls, while each host chain adds separate technical dependencies.
The documented USDC role includes a dollar-targeting settlement and quote unit inside crypto markets.
For USD Coin, material risks include reserve quality, issuer solvency, banking access, redemption limits, address freezes, host-chain failures, and temporary loss of the dollar target.
Confirm the current USDC software or contract, the supply mechanism, parties with upgrade or administrator authority, dependencies such as validators, issuers or bridges, and liquidity in the exact USDC/USDT market. Leave any unsupported field unanswered instead of filling it with a market-cap ranking or social claim.
Circle and Coinbase introduced USDC in 2018; Circle now manages issuance and redemption.
Transfers settle on whichever supported host network carries the token, so users must identify both contract and chain.
USDC's value depends on reserves, banking access, redemption policy and issuer controls rather than protocol scarcity.
Short answers to the things readers usually need before using a market number.
The current Bitcoin.now reference is based on USDC/USDT from OKX. It updates from public market data and is informational only.
Transfers settle on whichever supported host network carries the token, so users must identify both contract and chain.
Reserve quality, issuer solvency, banking access, redemption limits, address freezes, host-chain failures, and temporary loss of the dollar target.
No. USD is fiat money. USDT is a privately issued stablecoin that targets the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin.now keeps those quote assets visibly separate.
No. Bitcoin.now has no accounts, custody, wallet connections, or order execution. It provides prices and education only.
