USDT0, issued by Tether International, S.A. de C.V., is a fiat-pegged stablecoin that maintains a 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar (USD) and represents a contractual right to redeem at the pegged value less applicable fees. [S1][S2]

Each USDT0 token is pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. dollar (USD) and is backed 100% by Tether's reserves, which Tether publishes on its transparency page with periodic attestation reports. [S2][S3] The token is structured for price stability and passes through no yield to holders; tokens redeem at the pegged value less fees. [S1][S2] Direct purchases in the Primary Market carry a fee of 0.1% per acquisition, a redemption fee of the greater of $1,000 or 0.1%, and a non-refundable verification fee of 150 USD. [S4]

The issuing entity is Tether International, S.A. de C.V., which redomiciled from the British Virgin Islands to El Salvador effective January 27, 2025, and is authorised as a Stablecoin Issuer and Digital Assets Service Provider subject to the National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) of El Salvador. [S1] Holders hold a contractual redemption right, not fiat, legal tender, or a segregated asset, with no FDIC or SIPC protection. [S1] Acquirers must complete KYC, AML, and CTF verification; U.S. Persons, Canadian Persons, Singaporean Persons, and sanctioned persons are barred. [S2][S1] Redemption occurs through the Primary Market at one USD per token less fees, with a 100,000 USD minimum. [S1][S4]

Tether tokens are issued on multiple blockchains including Algorand, Avalanche, Celo, Cosmos, Ethereum, EOS, Liquid Network, Near, Polkadot, Solana, Tezos, Ton, and Tron. [S2] Tether mints new tokens only when KYC-verified customers purchase them and receive fiat, with title passing when transmission to the customer's wallet is initiated; tokens are burned upon redemption or held in treasury. [S2][S1] USDT0 itself is deployed as a LayerZero OFT across Arbitrum, Berachain, HyperEVM, Ink, MegaETH, Optimism, Plasma, Polygon, Sei, Stellar, Tempo, Unichain and X Layer. [S5]

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Users deposit funds into Tether account and receive USDT at a 1:1 rate.

Tether is a financial technology company that is the principal architect of USDT - full-reserve fiat stablecoin that bring US dollar liquidity on-chain.

Tether is a private company owned by the Hong Kong-registered iFinex Inc.

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Tether USDT0 (USDT0) is a U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by Tether.

Reserves are held in cash, bank deposits, Treasury bills, repurchase agreements, corporate bonds, precious metals, crypto assets, secured loans, and other assets.

Retail investors, professional investors, accredited investors, qualified investors, qualified purchasers, and institutions can mint and redeem directly with Tether.

USDT0 is deployed on Polygon, Arbitrum One, Ink, Berachain, OP Mainnet, Unichain, Sei EVM, HyperEVM, Rootstock, X Layer, Plasma, Monad, MegaETH, Tempo, Stellar, and HyperCore.

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