How to send USDT from MetaMask or Trust Wallet to Binance

Start on Binance’s deposit screen

A deposit begins on the receiving side. On Binance you choose the coin, then the deposit network, then copy the address. Binance’s instruction for the network is precise: it must be the same as the network of the platform you are sending from, the wrong one can mean the funds are lost, and you should not pick an option because its fee is lowest but because it is compatible (Binance).

Match it in the wallet

In MetaMask, the address alone will not protect you. Ethereum and the networks compatible with it share one address format, so an address can look valid on several of them at once (MetaMask Help Center). What decides where the USDT goes is the network the wallet is on when you send. MetaMask now also generates a TRON address inside the same account (MetaMask) — if you chose TRON on Binance, that is the account to send from.

In Trust Wallet the principle is the same: send from the USDT that sits on the network you selected on Binance, not from USDT on another network with the same name.

Keep the coin that pays the fee

USDT does not pay for its own transfer. On Ethereum the fee is paid in ether (ethereum.org); on TRON a token transfer spends energy, and if the account has not staked for it, the network burns TRX instead (TRON Protocol). A wallet holding only USDT cannot send it.

Memo, and waiting for confirmation

For some coins Binance’s deposit address comes with a tag or memo that has to be included — its list covers coins such as BNB, XLM, XRP and EOS (Binance), and Binance’s recovery guidance names TON alongside XRP as a network where the memo is required (Binance). If the deposit screen shows one, send it. Once sent, the deposit is credited after the network confirms it, and how long that takes depends on the blockchain and how busy it is.

If something went wrong

Binance runs a self-service recovery for some failed deposits: a missing or wrong memo on networks such as XRP and TON, tokens deposited on unsupported EVM networks, and unlisted tokens. It does not cover deposits made to another user’s account or transactions that failed on the blockchain, it charges a fee when retrieval succeeds, and Binance states plainly that successful recovery is not guaranteed (Binance). Apply through Binance’s own support pages; the only reliable prevention is matching the network before you send.