Dollar token whose reserve attestation and ownership structure have repeatedly changed hands, with documented reserve-access issues.
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Where to get TUSD
Every venue that sells TrueUSD, ranked by what a purchase actually costs once fees, spread and the withdrawal to your chain are counted.
Cheapest route: Binance — you receive about $998 of TUSD from $1,000 (0.18% all-in, delivered on BNB Chain).
| Venue | Type | Fee | Spread | Withdrawal | All-in cost | You receive | Verified | Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange | 0.10% | 0.05% | $0 BNB Chain | $2 0.18% | $998 | 2026-08-10 Fee accurate? | Buy on Binance | |
| On-ramp | 0.99% | 0.90% | direct to wallet | $19 1.89% | $981 | 2026-08-11 Fee accurate? | Buy on Transak | |
| On-ramp | 1.00% + $4 | 1.00% | direct to wallet | $24 2.40% | $976 | 2026-08-11 Fee accurate? | Buy on MoonPay | |
| On-ramp | 1.50% | 1.20% | direct to wallet | $27 2.70% | $973 | 2026-07-28 Fee accurate? | Buy on Banxa |
Estimates built from published fee schedules — the final price is shown at venue checkout. Partner links never change this ranking.
Put it to work
No yield on TUSD currently clears our vetting bar ($100M+ TVL, 1yr+ track record). Rates below that bar exist — see the yield hub for the unvetted list and why we separate them.
Alternatives worth knowing
- Safer siblingPYUSD +21 safety score
+8.1pp yield versus TUSD, and less depth on some chains.
- Earning siblingUSDE 44.7% APY built in
Safety score 74 vs 72 — the yield is compensation for that gap.
- Cheaper to moveTUSD on Tron cents per transfer
Ethereum transfers of the same token cost dollars. Bridging across costs time, and Tron has thinner venue support.
Spend it
No card in our directory spends TUSD directly. Swapping into USDC or USDT first is the usual route — factor the swap cost in.
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Safety score: 72/100 — Adequate
- Collateral quality & transparency (30%)64
What actually backs the token and how often it is verified. Treasury-backed with daily or on-chain proof scores highest; unattested reserves score lowest.
- Peg stability (25%)63
Live deviation from $1.00 plus the worst historical depeg on record. A single deep depeg keeps weighing on the score.
- Liquidity depth (20%)93
Tracked on-chain pool liquidity in absolute dollars and as a share of circulating supply — how much can exit before the price moves.
- Issuer & legal structure (15%)54
Regulatory status of the issuer and whether holders have a direct redemption right or only a secondary market exit.
- Track record (10%)99
Years in production, minus documented incidents.
Issuer & structure
- Regulatory regime
- No prudential regimesource
- Issuer
- Techteryx
- Jurisdiction
- Offshore
- Collateral
- fiat-reserves
- Peg mechanism
- fiat-backed
- Attestation
- none
- Redemption
- gated
- Issuer can freeze balances
- Yes — issuer can freeze balances
- Attestor
- The Network Firm
- Launched
- 2018
- Website
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Contracts
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Supply by chain
Incident history
- 2024-01Reserve custody dispute−6.0%