The street rate of the Bulgarian lev, as a feed your business can use
EMpulse publishes the rate people actually pay for BGN against the US dollar and USDT, next to the official reference, so your finance team can see the gap.
Today's street rate for BGN
As of 2026-11-08, the street rate for the US dollar in Bulgaria is 1.3900 BGN per USD, according to the EMpulse Street FX Index (3 sources, confidence medium).
Why the official rate is not always the rate you pay
If your company invoices in dollars, pays foreign suppliers or settles in stablecoins, the official reference rate is only one of the numbers that matter. The rate you actually get can sit above or below it, and the difference ends up in your margin. Finance and operations teams need a rate they can check, a premium they can track and a history they can export, instead of a quote from one phone call.
How the index fits into your workflow
The street FX index shows the current street rate of BGN against USD and USDT, and every figure carries a confidence class and the number of sources behind it. It is built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources. You can read it on the website or pull it by API into your accounting, pricing or treasury tools, and use the history to review past premiums against the official rate. Start with a free key and move up when you need more.
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- RUB, UAH, EGP + your country's currency
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- Today's data and every active currency of the product
- 90 days of history, JSON or CSV
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- Rail Health Index — $39/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $39/mo
- Street FX Index — $39/mo: 117 active currencies, and growing
- Unmet Demand Map — $39/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $39/mo
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- All of Starter, plus the full history
- Hourly series where they exist, MCP
- 10,000 requests/day
- EM FX News & Sentiment — $119/mo
- EM Parallel FX Market Size — $149/mo
- Rail Health Index — $119/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $129/mo
- Street FX Index — $149/mo: 117 active currencies, and growing · Same-day data · Hourly rates (intraday) · Official vs Street · FX Stress Signals · EM FX Events
- Unmet Demand Map — $129/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $119/mo
- All products — $249/mo
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Questions from finance teams
- What is the street rate?
- It is the exchange rate people actually pay in the market for a currency against the US dollar or USDT. It can differ from the official reference rate.
- What do the confidence class and the number of sources mean?
- Every figure shows how many independent sources support it and a confidence class that summarises how well they agree. A figure with few sources or a low class should be treated with more caution.
- Can I get the rate by API?
- Yes. You can request a free key and read the index in your own systems. The Starter and Pro plans add fresher data, more history and higher limits, as described in the plans below.
- Is this investment advice?
- No. EMpulse is an information index. It does not recommend buying or selling any currency, and you decide how to use the figures.