About Stellar and USD Coin
Stellar (XLM) launched in 2014 — Payments, secured by Federated consensus. The supply is capped at 50,001,806,812 XLM. For XLM deposits we wait for 1 confirmation(s) on Stellar, which usually takes about 1 min.
USD Coin (USDC) launched in 2018 — Stablecoin, secured by Token on another chain. There is no fixed maximum supply of USDC. For USDC deposits we wait for 12 confirmation(s) on ERC-20, which usually takes about 3 min.
Swapping XLM to USDC on noaml does not require an account. We quote the rate from multiple liquidity sources, include our 0.25% fee, and send the USDC directly to the address you provide. The minimum order is around $200 in XLM; there is no fixed maximum for manual orders.