James Ding
Jan 30, 2026 13:42
BNB Chain pushes 0 Payment Carnival deadline to Feb 28, protecting fuel for USDC, USD1, and U transfers throughout main exchanges and wallets. Over $4.5M saved thus far.
BNB Chain has prolonged its zero-fee stablecoin initiative via February 28, 2026, marking the fourth consecutive extension of a program that has now lined over $4.5 million in person fuel charges since launch.
The “0 Payment Carnival” eliminates fuel prices for USDC, USD1, and U transactions throughout withdrawals, pockets transfers, and cross-chain bridges on BNB Good Chain and opBNB.
Trade Companions Providing Free Withdrawals
9 centralized exchanges now assist gas-free stablecoin withdrawals to BSC, with minimal thresholds various by platform. Binance leads with the broadest protection: USD1 and USDC on BSC (minimal $10), USDC on opBNB ($20 minimal), and U on BSC ($5 minimal).
Bitget, MEXC, and Ourbit supply USD1 and USDC withdrawals with $10 minimums. Bitmart helps each BSC and opBNB withdrawals at a $20 threshold. BingX and LBank present USDC withdrawals with no said minimal, whereas HTX has dedicated to zero-fee USD1 withdrawals completely.
Pockets-to-Pockets Switch Limits
13 wallets now sponsor direct transfers on BSC, together with Binance Pockets, Belief Pockets, Bitget Pockets, SafePal, and TokenPocket. The phrases differ by asset: USD1 and U get limitless free transfers, whereas USDC is capped at two free transactions each day. All transfers require a $0.10 minimal.
This system excludes DApp interactions and swaps—solely direct wallet-to-wallet sends qualify.
Bridge Charges Eradicated
Celer cBridge and Meson.fi are protecting cross-chain bridge prices for USDC transferring to BSC from Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, and Optimism. Meson.fi additionally helps Tron as a supply chain. Celer presents zero bridge charges outright, whereas Meson supplies 100% rebates.
Why This Issues for Customers
Fuel charges stay a persistent friction level for stablecoin utility. With USDC’s market cap sitting at $71.64 billion, even small share financial savings on frequent transfers add up. For merchants transferring funds between exchanges or DeFi protocols, eliminating the $0.50-$2.00 typical BSC fuel value per transaction creates significant financial savings over time.
BNB Chain has run this program constantly since late 2025, suggesting the community views backed stablecoin motion as a strategic precedence for ecosystem progress. The open invitation for extra wallets, exchanges, and bridges to hitch signifies additional enlargement is probably going earlier than the February deadline.
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