Tether USDt price stands at 0.9990 USD as ESMA sets January 8, 2027 deadline

Published on 10/23/2026 at 13:18 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

USDT balances at 19 firms fell 4.6 billion USD by October 1. The Tether USDt price was 0.9990 USD on October 23, 2026.

Liquidity and regulation

Tether USDt circulation stood at 182.83 billion USDT as of October 23, 2026.
Crystal Intelligence found 4.6 billion USD less USDT at 19 firms on October 1, 2026, than in early July.
The Tether USDt price stands at 0.9990 USD as of October 23, 2026, against the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
ESMA set January 8, 2027, as the outer deadline for winding down affected stablecoin services.
Allium reported 482 billion USD in stablecoin payments through September 30, 2026, with USDT accounting for 84 percent.

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Tether USDt (USDT) trades at 0.9990 USD as of October 23, 2026, with 182.83 billion USDT circulating according to Investing.com. The Tether USDt price remains close to its dollar peg as European regulators set a January 8, 2027, deadline for winding down services involving non-compliant stablecoins.

Exchange balances shifted by 4.6 billion USD

Crystal Intelligence found 4.6 billion USD less USDT at 19 exchanges and lending platforms on October 1, 2026, than in early July, according to EconoTimes. The same firms added 1.9 billion USD in other stablecoins. The report also said circulating USDT fell 0.4 percent, or 647 million USD, from June 30 to September 30, 2026, while USDT held roughly two-thirds of the 85 billion USD in stablecoins assigned to named exchanges at quarter-end.

The balance data cover selected venues rather than the entire supply. EconoTimes reported that USDT held in wallets that Crystal Intelligence could not link to named holders rose by 1.5 billion USD, leaving the movement at individual firms separate from the broader circulation figure.

EU services face a January 8, 2027 deadline

The European Securities and Markets Authority issued an opinion on October 8, 2026, directing national supervisors to wind down services for stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets rules. The outer date is January 8, 2027, according to CryptoTicker. The report describes USDT as the central case and says limited selling, swapping, transferring and withdrawing can continue during the wind-down period.

Payment use remains a separate measure of activity. A report on the third-quarter findings of blockchain data platform Allium said stablecoin payments reached 482 billion USD through September 30, 2026, and USDT represented 84 percent of that value, according to ChainCatcher. The report dated the findings to October 15, 2026, and said the number of payments reached 1.04 billion.

USDT market data on October 23, 2026

The Tether USDt price is 0.9990 USD as of October 23, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 0.9996 USD and the daily low is 0.9990 USD. Market capitalization is 182.62 billion USD, ranking USDT third, while 24-hour volume is 73.23 billion USD. Circulating supply is 182.83 billion USDT. Investing.com shows no all-time-high figure on the cited page.