Fees and limits - Pesa

Trade fees

Fee	Amount	Who pays
Protocol fee	`fee_bps` of the order, taken from the released USDC. Set to 0 during the pilot	Taker
LP spread	The difference between the LP’s rate and the market rate	Built into the rate
Stellar network fee	Paid by Pesa’s relay through a fee-bump	Pesa
Payment provider fee	Whatever the provider charges the payer	Payer

Transfer fees

Route	User pays	Pesa pays
CCTP deposit, deposit address on a sponsored chain	Nothing	EVM gas (through a paymaster), Stellar mint fee
CCTP deposit, direct	Gas on the source chain	Stellar mint fee
USDT0 deposit	DEX spread on USDT0 to USDC	LayerZero fee top-up, Stellar fees
CCTP withdrawal	Nothing beyond the 6-decimal rounding	Stellar fees, destination `receiveMessage` gas
USDT0 withdrawal	DEX spread on USDC to USDT0	XLM top-up for the LayerZero fee, Stellar fees
Stellar send	Nothing	Stellar fee

Quotes list user fees and Pesa-paid fees separately in fee.details.

Limits

Limit	Value
Per order or per transfer	$20
Started per user per day, all routes	$100
Outstanding per user, all routes	$100

Registered LPs are exempt from the retail order quota. Each route also has a min and max returned by GET /v1/routes.