Swap USDC to BTC on Arbitrum
Swap USDC on Arbitrum for BTC on Bitcoin.
Trade your USDC for BTC on Arbitrum through a route optimized for native Bitcoin, non-custodial settlement and best rates in the market.
Prefilled swap route
USDC
BTCOpens the app with this route prefilled.
How to swap USDC to BTC
- 1Choose your routeSelect send USDC on Arbitrum, receive native BTC.
- 2Confirm the destinationEither enter your Bitcoin address in the text box or connect your Bitcoin wallet.
- 3Connect & confirmConnect your Arbitrum wallet and review the honest quote.
- 4Swap & trackApprove the USDC transaction; receive native BTC at your Bitcoin address in about 10 minutes.
Why swap on BOB Gateway
Gateway is optimized for native Bitcoin swaps offering market leading rates for trades to stablecoins, tokenized gold and a wide variety of Bitcoin wrappers.
You never hand BOB your funds.This is native BTCFi powered by Bitcoin intents and atomic cross-chain swaps.
Use QR swaps to swap your BTC direct from an exchange or cold wallet, without needing to connect a Bitcoin wallet to the BOB app.
What is USDC?
USDC is a fully-reserved stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, issued by Circle, a regulated US fintech company.
USDC provides a transparent, audited digital dollar used for trading, savings, payments, and as core collateral in DeFi lending and liquidity pools.
USDC is natively issued on many chains including Ethereum, Solana, and Arbitrum, with Circle's CCTP enabling native cross-chain transfers.
USDC is favored by institutions and DeFi users for its regulatory compliance and monthly attestations, making it a trusted dollar rail on-chain.
What is Arbitrum?
Arbitrum is a leading Ethereum Layer 2 network that scales Ethereum with faster, cheaper transactions while inheriting its security.
Transactions on Arbitrum are paid in ETH, while the ARB token governs the Arbitrum DAO and protocol upgrades.
Arbitrum uses optimistic rollup technology, batching transactions off-chain and settling them on Ethereum with fraud-proof guarantees.
Arbitrum hosts one of the largest Layer 2 DeFi ecosystems, with deep liquidity in lending, perpetuals, and DEX trading at a fraction of mainnet costs.
About Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the original and largest cryptocurrency. BOB Gateway lets you trade native BTC to and from Arbitrum without giving up self-custody.
Related routes
How BOB Gateway works
You state the outcome (send X, receive Y) and a competitive solver network fills it at the best rate.
BOB Gateway is optimized for swaps to and from native BTC.
If a swap can't complete, you're refunded. Funds stay non-custodial throughout.
FAQs
Yes. You never surrender custody of your funds.
The fee you see includes network and routing costs plus any front end fees, minus VIP discounts. This covers gas on the destination chain, but you must pay the origin chain gas separately in your wallet when you approve the transaction.
Typically about 10 minutes.
You need a wallet on Arbitrum and a Bitcoin address.
BOB Gateway has undergone an independent security review by Pashov Audit Group.
You receive an automatic refund in the same asset on the same chain. If you were trying to swap BTC for USDT, you will receive BTC back on the Bitcoin chain as your refund.
Yes. Select the reverse route from the related routes on this page.
This route supports BTC on Bitcoin. Choose a compatible Bitcoin wallet in BOB Gateway.