Markets
One market, USDT against the Pakistani Rupee, priced by the people trading in it rather than by us.
How the market is priced
Meridian does not publish a single price. Approved traders publish their own offers and compete on them, so at any moment there are several prices to buy at and several to sell at. What you pay is the price on the offer you accept.
Offers are ranked by what they are worth to the person taking them. There is no paid placement — a marketplace that sells position is one where the top offer is not the best offer.
See the current indicative rate for where the market is sitting, or go straight to the live board to compare offers.
What an offer specifies
Every offer carries more than a price, and the rest of it matters as much. Before accepting one, check:
- The rate. Fixed, or floating against the market index.
- The order limits. The smallest and largest single order that trader will accept.
- The payment rails. Bank transfer, Raast, JazzCash or Easypaisa — only the ones that trader actually operates.
- The payment window. How long you have to send the transfer before the order expires and the escrow returns to the seller.
A slightly worse rate from a trader who takes your payment method, with limits that fit your order and a window you can realistically meet, is very often the better trade.
What is currently enabled
One asset, USDT, quoted against PKR. On-chain deposits and withdrawals run over TRON (TRC-20) only — Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain and Polygon exist in the platform but are not switched on. Sending USDT on a network that is not enabled will lose the funds, and that is a property of blockchains rather than a policy we can waive.
Where the chain integration currently stands
The chain integration runs against a sandbox custody provider outside production. Until a live provider is configured, on-chain deposits and withdrawals do not move real funds. Trades between customers, internal balances and rupee payouts are unaffected.
What it costs to trade here
The fee is only part of the cost. The spread — the gap between the best price to buy and the best price to sell — is usually larger, and it is not a charge anyone collects. The fees page covers both.
| What | Fee | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Taking an offer (buy or sell) | 0.25% | Minimum 0.10 USDT, maximum 50 USDT. Charged in USDT. |
| Posting an offer (traders) | 0% | Makers are not charged. This is how the order book stays liquid. |
| Merchant tier, taking an offer | from 0.20% | Falls with 30-day volume. Applied automatically to approved merchant accounts. |
| USDT deposit (on-chain) | Free | The sending network charges its own fee, which we do not receive. |
| USDT withdrawal (TRC-20) | 1.00 USDT | Flat, deducted from the amount sent. Minimum withdrawal 10 USDT. |
| Rupee payout to your bank | No platform fee | Your bank or wallet provider may charge separately. |
These are the platform's current default schedules, not fixed prices. They are configurable, so treat the fee shown on your own quote as the authoritative one — it is fixed at that moment and stored with the order.
Trading digital assets carries risk, including the risk of losing the full value of your funds. Escrow reduces one specific risk — a seller taking your payment and disappearing. It does not remove market, issuer, regulatory or payment-network risk, and there is no deposit insurance for crypto in Pakistan. Read the full risk disclosure.
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