USDT on Base is Tether's canonical deployment — not a bridge-wrapped IOU but the same centrally-issued dollar Tether runs on every chain it lands on, redeemable through Tether's own rails. The contract 0xfde4c96c8593536e31f229ea8f37b2ada2699bb2 is the official Base address; our October 9, 2026 read shows $3.1 million of tracked pool liquidity, with USDC still the deeper dollar venue on this chain.
The honest framing: holding any USDT means holding Tether's issuer risk — a private company's attestations, redemption terms, and freeze powers — and on Base specifically it is the second stablecoin behind USDC, so watch venue depth before assuming you can move size at the peg. That said, it is the real contract, which on this chain is not a small thing to say.
Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the scan refreshes them. USDT is the most-impersonated ticker in the corpus — only this exact address is Tether's.
Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 34.74% of USDT's supply as of 2026-09-27 — a comparatively wide distribution for its size. Note these are token accounts: liquidity pools, exchange wallets and lockers count among them, so read this together with liquidity, not instead of it.
Price and safety history of USDT
Every dated snapshot we hold for USDT — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.
Date
Price
Market cap
Liquidity
Holders
Grade
2026-10-16
$0.9978
$29.32M
$4.67M
627,912
C
2026-10-15
$0.9984
$29.33M
$4.10M
627,912
C
2026-10-14
$0.9982
$27.27M
$2.44M
627,912
C
2026-10-13
$0.999
$27.27M
$3.36M
627,912
C
2026-10-12
$0.998
$26.93M
$3.00M
627,912
C
2026-10-11
$0.9998
$26.97M
$3.17M
627,912
C
2026-10-10
$0.9987
$26.94M
$3.08M
627,912
C
2026-10-09
$0.998
$27.05M
$3.05M
627,912
C
2026-10-08
$0.9993
$27.11M
$3.21M
626,143
C
2026-10-07
$0.9994
$27.16M
$3.31M
626,143
C
2026-10-06
$0.9999
$27.16M
$3.48M
626,143
C
2026-10-05
$0.9996
$27.14M
$3.27M
626,143
C
2026-10-04
$0.999
$27.12M
$3.30M
626,143
C
2026-10-03
$0.9995
$27.12M
$3.24M
626,143
C
2026-10-02
$0.9996
$27.11M
$3.24M
626,143
C
2026-10-01
$0.9987
$26.98M
$3.62M
626,143
C
2026-09-30
$0.9997
$26.86M
$3.38M
626,143
C
2026-09-27
$0.9985
$26.79M
$3.48M
626,143
C
2026-09-26
$0.9989
$26.90M
$2.91M
626,143
C
2026-09-21
$1.00
$26.62M
$2.91M
626,143
C
2026-09-20
$1.00
$26.47M
$1.07M
—
B
2026-09-15
$0.9993
—
$829.42K
—
B
2026-09-14
$1.00
—
$832.94K
—
B
2026-08-31
$1.00
—
$617.14K
—
B
Contract
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FAQ
Is USDT a safe token?
As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDT scores 55/100 (grade C) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that can mint new supply, cannot freeze or blacklist transfers, liquidity of $3.05M and 627,912 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.
Can you sell USDT, or is it a honeypot?
The 2026-10-09 contract read found no sell-blocking controls on USDT — no honeypot flag, no transfer pause, no blacklist — and every honeypot GoPlus positively flags is dropped from this index outright. That clears the contract side; how cleanly an exit fills still depends on your size against the $3.05M of measured depth.
Who holds most of USDT?
The wallet that created USDT holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 627,912; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.
Can USDT's supply be inflated?
Yes — the contract can still mint new supply as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, so the deployer or a minter role can dilute holders. Treat the circulating figure as a floor, not a cap.
What is the USDT contract address?
The USDT contract address on Base is 0xfde4c96c8593536e31f229ea8f37b2ada2699bb2. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.
Where can you buy USDT safely?
Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if USDT clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0xfde4c96c8593536e31f229ea8f37b2ada2699bb2) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.
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