USDT on Ethereum: swap limits and where it goes
ERC-20 is the version of USDT that everything accepts and the one that costs the most to move. That trade is the whole decision: on a large transfer the fee is a rounding error against certainty of acceptance, and on a small one it can be a meaningful share of the amount. Nothing about the token differs — only the network charging you to move it.
- Assets
- USDT (ERC-20)
- Network
- Ethereum
- The wait before a swap starts
- 12 confirmations~3 min
- Cheapest way in
- $99.91
Where USDT (ERC-20) goes, and from how little
The minimum for each destination, in the unit you are sending. Read live, because it moves with the price and a figure written down goes stale quickly.
| Destination | Minimum |
|---|---|
| DASH dash | 61.3921 USDT (ERC-20) |
| DOGE dogecoin | 61.3921 USDT (ERC-20) |
| NEAR near | 62.7641 USDT (ERC-20) |
| LTC litecoin | 62.7830316 USDT (ERC-20) |
| BTC bitcoin | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| ETH ethereum | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| ETH arbitrum | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| ETH optimism | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| SOL solana | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| TRX tron | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC arbitrum | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC bsc | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC ethereum | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC optimism | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC polygon | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| USDC solana | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
| XMR monero | 100 USDT (ERC-20) |
Where the address format helps you and where it does not
Ethereum shares its address format with every other EVM network, so an address that is valid here is also valid on several chains you did not mean. The address cannot catch that mistake for you; only reading the network beside it can.
The fee moves with the network, not with the amount
Sending a hundred dollars costs the same as sending a hundred thousand, because the network charges for the work rather than the value. That is why a small swap out of ERC-20 is disproportionately expensive and a large one is not.