Stablecoin

Dai (DAI) on U.CASH

Dai (DAI) is a decentralized US-dollar stablecoin on Ethereum, designed to track one US dollar and backed by collateral held in smart contracts rather than by a single issuer. It is a long-standing staple of decentralized payments and DeFi.

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Dai at a glance
Ticker
DAI
Type
Stablecoin
Launched
2017
Block time
settles with the host chain

Decentralized stablecoin (ERC-20). Settlement is non-custodial, on-chain to a wallet you control. Confirmation policy: Follows the host chain (Ethereum ~12).

One coin, three ways to use it

A single U Account works across accept, swap, and buy. Pick where to start.

Accept Dai

Take DAI in checkout alongside cards on 35 networks. White-label, non-custodial, live in minutes.

Swap Dai

Trade DAI for any asset across the network, routed for the best price.

Buy Dai

Get DAI with any asset you hold, one step, settled to your wallet.

Dai on other chains

Every network flavor gets its own page, contracts included.

DAI on ArbitrumDAI on BaseDAI on BNB ChainDAI on OptimismDAI on Polygon

USD rails and pegs

Which payment rails settle the US Dollar and which tokens track it, in one place.

US Dollar (USD) on U.CASH

Related on U.CASH

Tether (USDT)

The largest US-dollar stablecoin, live on Ethereum, Tron, and BNB Chain.

USD Coin (USDC)

A fully-reserved US-dollar stablecoin across EVM chains.

Bitcoin (BTC)

The original proof-of-work blockchain and largest cryptocurrency.

Ethereum (ETH)

The leading smart-contract blockchain and home of ERC-20.

Polygon (POL)

EVM sidechain built for fast, cheap payments.

Base (ETH)

Ethereum L2 built on the OP Stack.

Before you start

Getting started takes a wallet and an address. The wallet needs to hold Dai and a little DAI for gas on its chain; the address is where the output lands, raw hex or a resolvable web3 name both work. From there the flow is preview-first: what leaves, what arrives, the fee, and the network cost all sit on one screen before a signature happens. Keys never leave your side at any point, and the only thing the wallet ever signs is the exact transaction you read.

Fees and settlement

Two costs, both visible up front. The platform charges a flat 0.50% all-in on the swap and nothing hidden behind it, no spread and no routing cut. The network charges its gas in DAI, settling with settles with the host chain blocks on Decentralized stablecoin (ERC-20), itemized per leg in the preview. What settles is on-chain to the address you chose, under this asset's policy of Follows the host chain (Ethereum ~12), and once confirmed the balance is entirely yours to move with no platform anywhere in the path.

Underneath, the aggregated DEX route executes the trade with all-or-nothing semantics: partial fills do not exist here, and a route unable to meet the bounds you approved reverts the whole transaction rather than settling something worse. Your exposure window between legs is therefore zero, the only cost of a failed attempt is its gas, and re-quoting is a click.

Tokenized assets price from their issuer's own feed rather than a crypto market, so the quote tracks the underlying's session, and transfer eligibility follows the issuer's on-chain rules: the contract enforces them at settlement, which is why the checkout asks buyers to confirm eligibility once. These assets are not card-buyable; acquisition runs through the swap rail, and the fee structure above applies unchanged. What the wrapper adds is exposure with wallet speed, not brokerage machinery: no deposit account, no settlement lag between deciding and holding. Holders keep the same options as any token: send it, spend it where it is accepted, or swap back out the way they came in, and every movement carries the chain's own finality with it.

Dai FAQ

What is Dai (DAI)?
Dai is a decentralized US-dollar stablecoin on Ethereum, designed to track one US dollar and backed by on-chain collateral rather than a single issuer.
How is Dai different from other stablecoins?
Dai is issued decentrally by smart contracts from overcollateralized vaults, so it has no single corporate issuer controlling reserves.
How does Dai compare to the other coins U.CASH supports?
Dai is one of 35 networks and tokens on U.CASH. What changes per coin is speed, fees, and finality; Dai runs on Decentralized stablecoin (ERC-20). What stays the same everywhere is non-custodial settlement, best-price swap routing, and one account across every asset. Browse them in the /coins/accept/, /coins/swap/, and /coins/buy/ directories.
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Use Dai your way

One account unlocks accept, swap, buy, and the rest of the U.CASH network across 35 networks.