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Price
$1.00
24 Hour % Change
0.02%
Market Cap
$36.84B
Volume (24h)
$92.23B
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Key metrics
24 Hour Low
$1.00
24 Hour High
$1.00
Net change
$0.000247
24 Hour Open
$1.00
All time high
$1.32
Total Supply
36.81B
Returns (24H)
0.02%
Returns (YTD)
0.06%
Volatility (30d)
0.01
Transaction Count (24h)
5,331
Average Transaction Fee (24h)
n/a
Value Transacted (24h)
$50.93M
About Tether
Category
Stablecoin
Value proposition
Digital fiat
Tether was one of the first cryptocurrencies to peg its market value to a fiat currency. Launched in July 2014, Tether, originally called “Realcoin”, valued each token at $1.00 to reduce the friction of moving real currency throughout the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Due to its dollar peg, Tether and other similar cryptocurrencies have been dubbed “stablecoins”. Tether is the largest stablecoin by market capitalization and its users can redeem tethers for dollars. Originally, Tether launched on Bitcoin’s Omni Layer, but continues to expand to other protocols, including Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, TRON, EOS, and Liquid Network. Note: the market cap figure shown here counts only supply on Ethereum
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