Getting Started
How Transvia moves money globally with USDC — the 60-second version.
Transvia is a global money movement platform. Anyone holding USDC can send value to ten destination currencies with transparent fees, real-time tracking, and settlement secured by an onchain escrow contract.
The product feels like a modern money app. Underneath, it is a full infrastructure: quotes, policies, automation agents, machine payments, and onchain settlement — all inspectable, all auditable.
The 60-second model
Anyone holding USDC
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Transvia
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Global destinationYou send USDC. Transvia quotes a rate, locks it, holds your funds in escrow on Arc (Circle's EVM L1, where USDC is also the gas token), settles the route, and releases the payout to your recipient. Every step is visible in the transfer timeline — with onchain proof.
Sending your first transfer
- Open transvia.xyz/send.
- Choose a destination currency (EUR, GBP, MXN, BRL, PHP, NGN, AED, SGD, CAD, AUD).
- Enter an amount and recipient. The rate and fee are shown upfront.
- Confirm. The transfer moves through a visible lifecycle:
Quote → Funded → Route secured → Processing → CompleteFees
Fees are charged on the source amount and split atomically onchain at settlement time. There are no hidden spreads added after quoting.
| Component | Rate | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| FX / liquidity | 0.35% | Route liquidity and FX access |
| Protocol | 0.10% | Settlement and network upkeep |
| Automation | 0.05% | Policy-gated transfer monitoring |
| Total | 0.50% |
Where settlement happens
Transvia settles on Arc Testnet (chainId 5042002) — Circle's EVM L1 where
USDC is the gas token. The escrow contract TransviaEscrow enforces deposits,
settlement, claims, and refunds. The authoritative contract address is recorded
in the repository (contracts/README.md), never hardcoded in docs.
For developers
Everything the app does is available over the same API that powers it — plus machine-native access:
- REST API — quotes, transfers, status, proof. See API.
- MCP — connect AI agents with
get_quote-style tools. See MCP. - x402 — software pays for resources it needs (e.g. FX feeds) with USDC nanopayments. See x402.
- Automation — bounded, policy-gated agents that decide and execute transfers. See Agents and Policies.
Next steps
- Sending USDC — the full lifecycle, end to end.
- API — endpoints, request/response examples.
- Architecture — how the whole system fits together.