Tether USDt price stays near peg as Moscow Exchange sets December listing
Published on 11/04/2026 at 13:00 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSUSDT remains close to its dollar peg
- Tether USDt was quoted at 0.9994 USD on the Investing.com USDT/USD page read on November 4, 2026.
- Moscow Exchange plans to begin trading USDT, bitcoin and ether on December 1, according to CoinDesk.
- Tether reported 191.45 billion USD in assets and 183.50 billion USD in liabilities as of September 30, leaving 7.95 billion USD in net equity.
- The issuer's ability to freeze tokens remains a central operational and regulatory consideration for holders.
Tether USDt price remains close to the intended dollar peg while the token is set to gain a new regulated-market access point in Russia. Moscow Exchange plans to begin trading USDT, bitcoin and ether on December 1, according to CoinDesk.
New trading venue in Russia
The planned listing would place USDT alongside major cryptocurrencies on the screens used for Russian equities. CoinDesk reports that trading is scheduled from 06:50 to 23:50 Moscow time, with the National Clearing Centre providing clearing. Retail investors would face a 300,000-ruble annual purchase limit through a single broker and would have to pass an investor test, while qualified investors would have no stated cap.
The venue and its clearing house remain under U.S. sanctions. That creates a relevant counterweight to the potential distribution benefit: access may expand for eligible Russian investors, but the listing also places the token in a market shaped by sanctions, capital controls and issuer-level compliance decisions.
Price stability remains the main feature
The Investing.com USDT/USD page showed Tether USDt at 0.9994 USD when read on November 4, 2026. The same page listed 47.72 billion USD in 24-hour volume and a market capitalization of 178.15 billion USD. Because the displayed daily comparison is not identified as the prior UTC-day close, no UTC daily percentage change is inferred here.
For holders, the small deviation from 1 USD is less important than liquidity, redemption confidence and the issuer's ability to restrict transfers. Tether's official transparency page showed 179.03 billion USDt in net circulation, last updated November 3 at 01:00 UTC.
Reserve cushion and control risk
The latest reserve snapshot, dated September 30, showed total assets of 191.45 billion USD against liabilities of 183.50 billion USD, producing 7.95 billion USD in net equity. A Yahoo Finance report, citing Tether's BDO attestation, said the issuer generated 1.5 billion USD in third-quarter net operating profit and held 132.4 billion USD in direct and indirect U.S. Treasury exposure.
Those figures support the peg's reserve narrative but are not a full financial-statement audit. At the same time, Tether's recent freezing of assets linked to the Binance security incident illustrates the trade-off: centralized intervention can help contain stolen funds, while the same control powers introduce counterparty, compliance and censorship risks. The Tether USDt topic page provides further coverage.
