Tether Reaches Market Capitalization of $141.72 Billion (USDT)

Tether (USDT) traded down 0.1% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 10:00 AM ET on February 18th. One Tether token can currently be purchased for approximately $1.00 or 0.00001048 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Tether has a market capitalization of $141.72 billion and approximately $76.19 billion worth of Tether was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last seven days, Tether has traded down 0% against the U.S. dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

• Aidi Finance (BSC) (AIDI) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Zoo Token (ZOOT) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0652 or 0.00000239 BTC.
• CareCoin (CARES) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0809 or 0.00000297 BTC.
• Hokkaidu Inu (HOKK) traded up 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0004 or 0.00000001 BTC.
• Jeff in Space (JEFF) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.75 or 0.00010076 BTC.
• SolvBTC (SOLVBTC) traded down 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $95,354.11 or 0.99952012 BTC.
• SolvBTC.BBN (SOLVBTC.BB) traded down 0.7% against the dollar and now trades at $94,966.63 or 0.99545851 BTC.
• Lumi Credits (LUMI) traded 8.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0162 or 0.00000027 BTC.
• AXIA Coin (AXC) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $13.43 or 0.00048094 BTC.

About Tether

Tether’s genesis date was October 6th, 2014. Tether’s total supply is 143,566,824,799 tokens and its circulating supply is 141,762,384,602 tokens. The official website for Tether is tether.to. Tether’s official Twitter account is @tether_to and its Facebook page is accessible here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Tether (USDT) is a stablecoin, a digital currency that is pegged to the value of US dollar. It is issued by a centralized company called Tether and is used to minimize volatility in an investor’s portfolio. It is also widely accepted as a payment method and is supported on multiple blockchains. USDT is often used in conjunction with cryptocurrency debit cards and is popular in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space for lending and borrowing. It is the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and is backed by reserves in cash and cash equivalents, allowing token holders to redeem their USDT for USD. Tether has also issued other stablecoins pegged to the value of other fiat currencies and commodities, such as the Chinese Yuan, the Euro, and gold.”

Tether Token Trading

It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Tether directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Tether should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Tether using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

USDT/USD price chart by TradingView