# In Central Africa a stablecoin dollar costs 6.8% more than the official rate

Prices from the 02:00 UTC hour, 2 Nov.

The official rate is 587.75 XAF per dollar. On Binance and OKX, marketplaces where people sell stablecoins to each other, one costs 627.75 XAF. A stablecoin is a coin that stays worth one US dollar.

For US$100, people pay 62,775 XAF. The official rate says 58,775 XAF.

Six Central African countries share this currency, the CFA franc. They are Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Prices from the 02:00 UTC hour, 2 Nov

You could buy at least US$5,000 here before the price goes up 1%.

<https://margin.wiki/data/countries/XAF.json>

## How the gap moved, day by day

One point per day, the price we published that day. 0% is the official rate.

Today's gap is normal for here since 5 Sep 2026, in our own checks. On most days the gap is between 5.4% and 6.5%.

## Where this price comes from

We take a country's price from exchanges first, then brokers, then people selling to each other on Binance and OKX. Here it comes from people selling to each other.

Binance, people selling to each other

623.00 XAF +6.0%

OKX, people selling to each other

632.50 XAF +7.6%

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