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Tether USD·USDT·Ethereum

$0.9965+0.36% (24h, feed)+0.42% (1h, feed)0.00% Change (15m)

Tether USD (USDT) · Ethereum · on-chain safety read, grade E (35/100)

Data snapshot: 2026-10-17 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice

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USDT price and market data

Market cap
$87.89B
Liquidity
$433.72M
FDV
$87.89B
Holders
15,578,044
Age
250 days
24h volume
$666.38M DEX
Volume / Mcap
0.76%
Circulating supply
88,302,667,109 USDT (100.0%)
Total supply
88,302,667,109 USDT
Max supply
Uncapped
Low measured
$0.9941 · 10-09
High measured
$1.00 · 10-16
Top-10
50.23%

Official links

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USDT markets — tracked pools

Most active tracked pools — read live.

PoolVenueLiquidity24h volumeVolume %
USDT / USDSUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$46.65M$117.21M25.1%Trade
USDC / USDTFluid (Ethereum)$45.10M$84.31M18.1%Trade
USDC / USDTUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$4.98M$76.31M16.4%Trade
USDC / USDTUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$3.30M$53.33M11.4%Trade
WBTC / USDT 0.05%Uniswap V3$30.32M$25.71M5.5%Trade
USDC / USDTUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$3.57M$18.92M4.1%Trade
WETH / USDT 0.3%Uniswap V3$95.84M$16.21M3.5%Trade
USDC / USDT 0.01%Uniswap V3$33.85M$10.25M2.2%Trade
USDT / WETHUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$2.17M$9.88M2.1%Trade
WETH / USDT 0.01%Uniswap V3$3.65M$9.74M2.1%Trade
WETH / USDT 0.05%Uniswap V3$9.44M$8.31M1.8%Trade
USDC / USDTCurve$6.28M$6.75M1.4%Trade
crvUSD / USDTCurve$36.56M$6.26M1.3%Trade
ETH / USDT 0.3%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$29.07M$5.22M1.1%Trade
DAI / USDC / USDTCurve$159.77M$4.96M1.1%Trade
USDC / USDT 0.001%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$5.51M$4.72M1.0%Trade
reUSD / USDTFluid (Ethereum)$25.03M$3.29M0.7%Trade
USDT / WBTC / WETHCurve$11.67M$2.44M0.5%Trade
WBTC / USDT 0.3%Uniswap V3$24.90M$1.38M0.3%Trade
USDC / USDT 0.01%Pancakeswap V3 (Ethereum)$17.59M$1.34M0.3%Trade

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HostDeFi score: higher = safer (0–100)

Flags to weigh
  • the contract can mint new supply — holders can be diluted at will contract red flags
  • the contract can pause transfers or blacklist wallets — balances can be frozen
  • the contract owner can change balances — it could zero a holder out holder distribution
  • the pool is large in dollars but thin against this token's own market cap — size an exit against the pool, not the cap
Clean checks
  • contract source code is verified
  • on a major token-security registry's trust list
  • the creator wallet holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) dev-wallet flags

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What the data says about USDT

USDT is the oldest and largest dollar token on the internet — Tether's dollar, the reserve currency of offshore crypto trading since 2014, and the settlement asset most of the industry's volume clears in. The contract at 0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7 is the canonical Ethereum deployment; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $433.7 million of tracked pool liquidity, which is only what our sampler sees — USDT's real depth spans dozens of venues and most of it sits in order books and OTC desks our pool read does not enumerate.

The honest complications are the well-known ones. Tether's attestations are not a full audit, its reserves have historically included things beyond cash, and the contract itself retains freeze and blacklist controls — a stablecoin where the issuer can seize a balance is a different instrument than one that cannot. None of this is new or disqualifying; it is the price of the deepest dollar liquidity in crypto, and the reason the scan above reports what it reports.

Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the live scan refreshes them — and, for a token this famous, the contract address above is the detail that defeats every lookalike.

Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 50.23% of USDT's supply as of 2026-09-27 — meaningful concentration; watch whether the large accounts are pools and lockers or free wallets. 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.

DatePriceMarket capLiquidityHoldersGrade
2026-10-17$0.9965$183.02B$366.51M15,578,044E
2026-10-16$1.00$184.46B$365.95M15,578,044E
2026-10-15$0.9995$183.95B$408.35M15,578,044E
2026-10-14$0.9957$183.37B$376.08M15,578,044E
2026-10-13$0.9974$183.72B$433.80M15,578,044E
2026-10-12$0.9943$183.20B$433.15M15,578,044E
2026-10-11$0.9946$183.26B$430.47M15,578,044E
2026-10-09$0.9954$183.39B$433.72M15,578,044E
2026-10-08$0.9977$183.66B$433.96M15,814,750E
2026-10-07$1.00$184.74B$424.62M15,814,750E
2026-10-06$0.9954$183.25B$428.77M15,653,211E
2026-10-05$0.996$183.35B$447.13M15,814,750E
2026-10-04$0.9989$183.88B$442.29M15,814,750E
2026-10-03$0.998$183.72B$432.83M15,814,750E
2026-10-02$0.9974$183.58B$433.16M15,814,750E
2026-10-01$0.9954$183.03B$474.16M15,814,750E
2026-09-30$0.9991$183.71B$479.72M15,814,750E
2026-09-29$1.00$183.91B$482.33M15,814,750E
2026-09-27$0.9975$183.36B$460.54M15,814,750E
2026-09-26$0.9998$88.29B$474.74M15,802,218E
2026-09-21$0.9958$182.62B$474.74M15,802,218E
2026-09-20$0.9948$182.42B$49.44M—B
2026-09-16$0.9958—$49.79M—B
2026-09-15$0.9965—$49.45M—B
2026-09-14$0.9972—$49.54M—B
2026-09-08$0.9954—$49.47M—B

Contract

0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7

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FAQ

Is USDT a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDT scores 35/100 (grade E) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that can mint new supply, can freeze or blacklist transfers, liquidity of $433.72M and 15,578,044 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?

Careful here: USDT's contract can pause transfers or blacklist wallets as of 2026-10-09 — the EVM lever that can trap a sale is present. The power existing doesn't mean it will be used, but verify the current state with the live scan before trading.

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 15,578,044; 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 Ethereum is 0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7. 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 (0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7) 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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