USDT
Tether
- Non-yield-bearing design
- 31 tracked chain deployments
- BDO Italia reserve attestations
Tether and USD Coin are two widely followed stablecoins. Both target the US Dollar. They share a centralized (cefi) governance model. Both use real-world-asset-backed designs. This static comparison highlights structural differences before you open the live Pharos compare tool.
USDT
USDC
Static structural differences between the two stablecoins before you switch to the live comparison tool.
| Metric | USDT | USDC |
|---|---|---|
| Governance | Centralized (CeFi) | Centralized (CeFi) |
| Backing | RWA | RWA |
| Peg target | US Dollar | US Dollar |
| Yield-bearing | No | No |
| Blacklist controls | No explicit blacklist flag | No explicit blacklist flag |
| Reserve signal | BDO Italia attestations | Deloitte attestations |
| Tracked chains | 31 deployments | 45 deployments |