Bridging Arbitrum One: routes and measured costs
Key findings
As of 3 Nov 2026, 11:35 UTC (run #540), upswap samples 18 routes that touch Arbitrum One: 9 leaving it and 9 arriving. At $200 the cheapest quote on these routes came from Eco (8), Layerswap (4), Celer (3), Across (2), Hyperliquid Native (1). When Arbitrum One is the source chain, the source-gas estimate (upswap gas basis v1, same for every bridge) ranged $0.0065–$0.0106 per route, shown separately from bps. Real-money tests: none yet.
Source: upswap.io snapshot #540 · CC BY 4.0
How have bridge costs on Arbitrum One routes changed over time?
Over the last 336 runs (8 UTC days), the lines show each bridge's median cheapest $200 quote across the 18 routes that touch Arbitrum One, in bps excluding gas. Every route had at least one rankable quote in 336 of 336 runs; the share of quote requests answered never fell below 91.1%. With under 14 days of history this is shown, not called a trend.
Median $200 cost by bridge, routes touching Arbitrum One
Quote availability and success rate
Chart data by day (8 days, 336 runs)
| Day (UTC) | Runs | Across bps | Relay bps | NEAR Intents 1Click bps | Layerswap bps | Eco bps | cheapest per route (median) bps | routes with a rankable quote | quote requests answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 24 | 1.41 | 2.46 | 2.15 | 10.62 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 100% | 98.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 48 | 1.41 | 2.65 | 2.16 | 3.81 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 100% | 97.9% |
| 2026-11-01 | 48 | 1.41 | 2.51 | 2.16 | 1.65 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 100% | 98.5% |
| 2026-10-31 | 48 | 1.43 | 2.67 | 2.15 | 26.38 | 0.46 | 1.40 | 100% | 98.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 48 | 1.40 | 2.76 | 2.15 | 26.81 | — | 1.40 | 100% | 98.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 48 | 1.42 | 2.66 | 2.16 | 26.62 | — | 1.42 | 100% | 98.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 48 | 1.42 | 2.43 | 2.13 | 26.81 | — | 1.42 | 100% | 99.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 24 | 1.42 | 2.77 | 2.13 | 26.84 | — | 1.42 | 100% | 99.4% |
Leaving Arbitrum One
| Route | Cheapest at $200 | bps | Ranked | Gas est.† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| → Base ETH | Eco | 1.23 | 16 | $0.0065 |
| → Base USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0105 |
| → Ethereum ETH | Eco | 1.53 | 18 | $0.0065 |
| → Ethereum USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 25 | $0.0105 |
| → OP Mainnet ETH | Celer | 1.92 | 18 | $0.0065 |
| → Solana USDC | Across | 1.40 | 16 | $0.0105 |
| → Polygon PoS USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0105 |
| → BNB Chain USDT | Across | 1.20 | 12 | $0.0106 |
| → Hyperliquid (HyperCore) USDC | Hyperliquid Native | 0.00 | 7 | $0.0105 |
Arriving on Arbitrum One
| Route | Cheapest at $200 | bps | Ranked | Gas est.† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum → ETH | Layerswap | 0.16 | 19 | $0.0389 |
| Ethereum → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 27 | $0.0670 |
| Polygon PoS → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0065 |
| Base → ETH | Layerswap | 0.45 | 19 | $0.0019 |
| Base → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 23 | $0.0032 |
| OP Mainnet → ETH | Layerswap | 0.40 | 19 | $0.0001 |
| Solana → USDC | Layerswap | 0.64 | 15 | $0.0072 |
| BNB Chain → USDT | Celer | 1.36 | 13 | $0.0084 |
| Ethereum → USDT | Celer | 1.36 | 20 | $0.0661 |
Connected chains
What this page does not claim
Chain security, finality and RPC reliability for Arbitrum One are not rated here (待核实). Gas is an estimate (upswap gas basis v1, from the quote APIs at quote time), not a measured fee. See the glossary and methodology.