Convert USDC from Celo to Aptos

The desk sets it live for this pair; the exchange module above shows it as soon as it can quote.

A Aptos address you control — it starts with 0x — 66 characters. USDC exists on several networks; an address from another one looks valid and the coins would be unrecoverable, so we check it against Aptos before creating anything.

Usually ten minutes to an hour, end to end. Most of that is Celo confirming your deposit — the exchange and the payout themselves take seconds.

No. A bridge locks your tokens in a smart contract on one chain and issues a representation of them on the other. Here the desk receives your USDC on Celo and pays you USDC on Aptos from its own liquidity: nothing is wrapped, there is no contract to approve and no wallet to connect. You send to an address, you receive at an address.

Not on this pair: it is floating only, because one of the two sides cannot be quoted firm. The amount is set when your deposit confirms.

Two things come out: the Aptos network fee for sending your payout shown on its own line, and our margin, which is already inside the rate. Nothing is added after you confirm.

No. There is no account to create and we never ask for identity documents, at any amount. The one case where a swap can be held is spelled out in the AML policy rather than hidden.

On-chain, yes: Celo and Aptos are public ledgers, so the deposit and the payout are visible to anyone, like any other transaction on them. What nobody can link them to is an identity: there is no account, no document and no request log here — the privacy policy names the only parties in the path.

Every order takes an optional refund address, and it is worth filling in. If the exchange cannot go through — a deposit under the minimum, a pair that stops being quoted, or the one documented case of a flagged deposit where the law allows a return — the deposit goes back to that address, minus what the network charges to send it; we charge nothing for a refund. Without a refund address, a return has to be arranged by hand through support. The order page tells you which situation you are in; nothing is decided silently.