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The cheapest way to buy Tether in 2026, measured.

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was cheapest for a $1,000 Tether buy: 999.1998 USDT received.

$4.11 less total cost than the priciest live-measured exchange.

Measured — live orderbook · $1,000 USDT buy · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Exchange	Published fee (maker / taker)	Measured cost	You receive	Reliability	Data age
01Binance	0.10% / 0.10%	$0.92	999.1998 USDT	72 / 100	54s
02Crypto.com	0.25% / 0.50%	$5.03	995.0896 USDT	78 / 100	55s

01Binance$0.92
You receive: 999.1998 USDT72 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
02Crypto.com$5.03
You receive: 995.0896 USDT78 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.50% · live · 55s old

2 live-measured exchanges · ranking = net USDT received after fee and spread · withdrawal not included.

Not in this dollar view: Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, Kraken, Coinbase, Bitpanda, Bitvavo, Bitstamp — why →

Bybit prices USDT pairs on a separate published fee schedule (stable-pair rates) — omitted rather than priced with the standard rate.
OKX prices USDT pairs on a separate published fee schedule (stable-pair rates) — omitted rather than priced with the standard rate.
KuCoin prices USDT by pair class; the class for this pair is not loaded yet — omitted rather than priced at the base rate.
Kraken prices USDT pairs on a separate published fee schedule (stable-pair rates) — omitted rather than priced with the standard rate.
Coinbase prices USDT pairs on a separate published fee schedule (stable-pair rates) — omitted rather than priced with the standard rate.
Bitpanda has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.
Bitvavo has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.
Bitstamp prices USDT pairs on a separate published fee schedule (stable-pair rates) — omitted rather than priced with the standard rate.

The top two measured exchanges, in full

Binance

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.10% / 0.10%
Reliability Score: 72 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 USDT buy: $0.92
You get: 999.1998 USDT
Of which hidden spread: -$0.08
USDT withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Crypto.com

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.25% / 0.50%
Reliability Score: 78 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 USDT buy: $5.03
You get: 995.0896 USDT
Of which hidden spread: $0.03
USDT withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

Open Crypto.com ↗affiliate link

Why the fee page isn’t the whole story.

0.10% on $1,000 is one dollar; the spread you cross is often more — full anatomy: hidden-fees guide.

Withdrawal adds to the bill.

Tether isn’t in our curated withdrawal dataset yet (Bitcoin and Ethereum are) — see the withdrawal-fee table and Move check.

Sources & method

Live order-book walk at your size plus the published fee, ranked by USDT received — never by commission. Method →

Sources & method, in full

Every number above carries its measurement time — “cheapest” is only ever true at a timestamp. Exchanges without fresh data are omitted, never invented; exchanges without a public orderbook are marked “list price · not live”. The Reliability Score next to costs is a sourced, dated record — display context, never part of the cost ranking. Where a link earns a disclosed commission it is labelled; the commission never changes a number or a position. Withdrawal figures are the published schedule at verification; EUR equivalents are approximate at the current reference price. For your own order size, the live USDT comparison recomputes everything in real time.

Cheapest measured · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Binance · 999.1998 USDT for $1,000 · after fee and spread

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Questions, answered

What is the cheapest exchange to buy Tether?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was the cheapest live-orderbook exchange for a $1,000 Tether buy: 999.1998 USDT after fee and spread.

What are the fees for buying Tether?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, the cheapest live-orderbook exchanges for a $1,000 Tether buy were Binance (taker 0.10%), Crypto.com (taker 0.50%).

Does the withdrawal fee affect the ranking?

Not on this page (trading cost only), and USDT is not yet in our curated withdrawal dataset — check the exchange’s fee page.

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