How it works

The flow

Customer sends USDC or USDT

One deposit address accepts both assets across all supported chains. The customer doesn’t pick a network from a menu — they just send.

Minisend detects the deposit

Status moves pending → deposit_received. If no deposit arrives within 30 minutes, the session expires.

Funds normalise to USDC on Base

USDC on a non-Base chain → bridged to Base via Circle CCTP burn-and-mint.
USDT on any chain → routed through Minisend’s swap layer → spendable USDC on Base in 30–50 seconds.

Cross-chain rounding is tolerated when matching the amount.

USDC → local currency

Converted at the live rate. The 1% fee was already included in your customer’s total, so you receive the full amount you set. Status moves to settling.

Payout sent

M-Pesa, mobile money, or bank transfer. Status moves to completed and a webhook fires.

Status lifecycle

pending → deposit_received → settling → completed
                                      → failed
       → expired (after 30 minutes)

Status	Meaning
`pending`	Waiting for the customer to send
`deposit_received`	Detected on-chain; normalisation started
`settling`	Conversion + payout in progress
`completed`	Payout delivered
`failed`	Settlement failed after the deposit arrived. Contact support
`expired`	No deposit within 30 minutes

Multi-asset, multi-chain

USDC on 19 chains, USDT on 14 chains, all to the same address. Base settles fastest because no bridging step is required. See the full network list.

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​The flow

​Status lifecycle

​Multi-asset, multi-chain

The flow

Status lifecycle

Multi-asset, multi-chain