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USD Coin (USDC)

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Optimism·USDC·0x0b2c…ff85

$0.9986−0.40% (24h, feed)+0.08% (1h, feed)−0.20% Change (3h)

Data snapshot: 2026-10-15 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice

Market cap
$73.14B
Volume 24h · DEX
$17.25M
Circulating
148.78M USDC
FDV
$149.37M

USDC price and market data

$0.994$0.997$1.002$1.0052026-10-15 · $0.99862026-10-15 00:15 · $0.99922026-10-15 03:15 · $0.99922026-10-15 06:15 · $1.002026-10-15 09:15 · $0.99712026-10-15 12:15 · $0.99642026-10-15 15:15 · $0.99642026-10-15 18:16 · $1.002026-10-15 21:43 · $0.998610-15 00:0010-15 06:1510-15 12:1510-15 21:43$0.9986
$0.994$0.997$1.002$1.0052026-10-15 · $0.99862026-10-15 00:15 · $0.99922026-10-15 03:15 · $0.99922026-10-15 06:15 · $1.002026-10-15 09:15 · $0.99712026-10-15 12:15 · $0.99642026-10-15 15:15 · $0.99642026-10-15 18:16 · $1.002026-10-15 21:43 · $0.998610-15 00:0010-15 06:1510-15 12:1510-15 21:43$0.9986

Dated price measurements: 9, 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-15. Each point is a measurement, not an interpolation.

BHostDeFi Insightsstructural read · 80/100
  • upgradeable proxy contract — the code behind the address can be swapped after you buy
  • the pool is large in dollars but thin against this token's own market cap — size an exit against the pool, not the cap
  • contract-level controls not assessed in this snapshot — verify with a live scan

Top-10 holders: 41.91% of supply (checked 2026-09-27)

Full safety read → · how grades are computed

USDC statistics

Market cap
$73.14B
Volume 24h
$17.25M DEX
Volume / Market cap
0.02%
FDV
$149.37M
Circulating supply
148.78M USDC (100.0%)
Total supply
148.78M USDC
Max supply
—
Liquidity
$8.26M
Holders
626,941
Age
811 days
Low measured
$0.9961 · 10-13
High measured
$1.01 · 10-04
Top-10 holders
41.91%

About USD Coin

USD Coin (USDC) is a Optimism token, 811 days on the tracked record, carrying a HostDeFi structural grade of B. The desk's full analysis sits on the News tab; the scanner's live checks sit in the Insights panel above.

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USDC price history

Every dated snapshot we hold — nothing interpolated between them.

DatePriceMarket capLiquidityHoldersGrade
2026-10-15$0.9986$72.53B$8.92M626,941B
2026-10-14$0.9965$72.55B$7.45M626,941B
2026-10-13$0.9968$72.42B$8.83M626,941B
2026-10-12$1.00$72.85B$8.66M626,941B
2026-10-11$1.00$73.14B$9.36M626,941B
2026-10-10$1.00$73.13B$9.34M626,941B
2026-10-09$1.00$73.14B$8.26M626,941B
2026-10-08$1.00$73.67B$8.06M628,653B
2026-10-07$1.00$74.07B$8.30M628,653B
2026-10-06$1.00$74.39B$10.08M628,653B
2026-10-05$1.00$74.21B$10.17M628,653B
2026-10-04$0.998$73.97B$10.19M628,653B
2026-10-03$0.9988$74.01B$9.91M628,653B
2026-10-02$0.999$73.94B$8.98M628,653B
2026-10-01$1.00$74.19B$9.16M628,653B
2026-09-30$0.999$74.00B$8.85M628,653B
2026-09-29$0.999$74.63B$8.68M628,653B
2026-09-28$1.00$75.06B$8.71M628,653B
2026-09-27$0.9987$75.18B$9.10M628,653B
2026-09-26$1.00$75.40B$10.00M628,653B
2026-09-21$1.00$74.42B$10.00M628,653B

FAQ

Is USDC a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDC scores 80/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $8.26M and 626,941 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.

Can you sell USDC, or is it a honeypot?

Our Optimism read covers market structure, not sell-side contract behaviour like honeypots or transfer taxes, as of 2026-10-09. Before assuming you can exit freely, run the live scan above — it reads the contract directly.

Who holds most of USDC?

The wallet that created USDC holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 626,941; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.

Can USDC's supply be inflated?

This snapshot grades market structure only — contract-level supply controls on Optimism aren't assessed here yet. Run the live scanner, which reads the contract in real time.

What is the USDC contract address?

The USDC contract address on Optimism is 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.

Where can you buy USDC safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if USDC clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

More Optimism tokens

WETH$10.62MUSDT$4.48MUSD0$3.51MWBTC$2.41MALETH$2.21MVELO$1.64M

USDC markets

PairVenuePriceTxns 24hVolume 24hLiquidityVol %
USDC / USDT 0.01%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99887,283$2.41M$135.01K24.4%Trade
USDC / WETH 0.04%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.999813,599$1.68M$785.63K17.0%Trade
OP / USDC 0.027%Velodrome Slipstream V2 (Optimism)$0.998735,145$1.41M$37.87K14.3%Trade
USD0 / USDC 0.01%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99881,029$1.28M$801.63K12.9%Trade
USDC / WETH 0.3%Uniswap V3 (Optimism)$0.99971,062$943.11K$5.46M9.5%Trade
USDC / WBTC 0.05%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99883,482$819.89K$489.19K8.3%Trade
WBTC / USDC 0.001%Velodrome Slipstream V2 (Optimism)$0.99881,849$270.20K$98.99K2.7%Trade
USDC / USDT 0.003%Uniswap V4 (Optimism)$0.99892,179$260.14K$35.74K2.6%Trade
OP / USDC 0.3%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99911,775$144.09K$44.90K1.5%Trade
OP / USDC 0.3%Uniswap V3 (Optimism)$0.99911,514$123.24K$104.07K1.2%Trade
wstETH / USDC 0.05%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99881,963$109.84K$189.49K1.1%Trade
USDC / WETH 0.05%Uniswap V3 (Optimism)$1.007,192$98.28K$265.04K1.0%Trade
USDC / VELO 0.3%Velodrome Finance SlipStream$0.99881,850$92.65K$90.55K0.9%Trade
USDC / alUSDVelodrome Finance v2$0.99882,096$78.71K$1.67M0.8%Trade
USDC / WBTC 0.05%Uniswap V3 (Optimism)$0.99881,326$61.94K$71.80K0.6%Trade
crvUSD / USDCCurve (Optimism)$0.99893,307$54.59K$248.64K0.6%Trade
VELO / USDCVelodrome Finance v2$0.99876,299$26.58K$1.10M0.3%Trade
ZCHF / USDC 0.05%Uniswap V3 (Optimism)$0.999120$10.32K$1.54M0.1%Trade
USDC / msUSDVelodrome Finance v2$0.99871,169$8.88K$588.28K0.1%Trade
FNX / USDC 0.01%Uniswap V4 (Optimism)$0.999822$2.23K$28.59M0.0%Trade

Top tracked pools by 24h volume — GeckoTerminal via our lane. Pool age where the feed carried it; pair price prints only when the feed reported one.

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USDC to USD converter

USDC=$0.9986USD
USD=100.1414USDC

At the latest measured price (2026-10-15).

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USD Coin intel

HostDeFi's generated read on USDC — written from the stored snapshot, figures re-rendered at each refresh.

Two assets answer to "USDC" on Optimism, and this is the native one: Circle's own issuance at 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85, the mint that CCTP burns and mints against directly. The bridged predecessor — USDC.e, routed through the canonical bridge — lives at its own address on its own page in this index, and the difference between the two is the entire point of this page.

The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $8.3 million of tracked pool liquidity and $16.7 million of 24-hour volume on the Optimism-local supply — 163.3 million units priced $149.4 million fully diluted — inside a ticker whose asset-wide market cap prints $73.1 billion. The "thin against cap" flag is arithmetic, not commentary: a redeemable stablecoin's real depth lives at the mint and across every venue combined, not in the pools any single index enumerates.

Graded B, 811 days on record. The note that matters is the address, not the flag: before approving a contract named USDC on Optimism, confirm the dapp wants the native mint — the same ticker is shared by a legacy claim.

Figures dated October 9, 2026; the live scan refreshes them.

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USDC community

Holder base: 626,941 tracked accounts. No project social on record — never trust a handle you cannot trace to the contract.
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