Why the wallet may say USDT0
Ask the contract at 0xc2132D05D31c914a87C6611C10748AEb04B58e8F for its own name and it answers USDT0,
with the symbol USDT0 and six decimal places. On Arbitrum the equivalent contract answers USD₮0, with the
crossed-T glyph Tether uses in its branding. Wallets show what a contract says, so this is the name you will see.
What the name cannot do is prove the contract is genuine — any token can publish any name — and Tether’s own list of
supported protocols, as we read it, does not name a Polygon or Arbitrum address
(Tether). The contract address is what to check, as our page on
fake USDT explains.
This is worth knowing for one practical reason. When a balance shows up under a name you were not expecting, the safe reaction is to check the contract address rather than to assume something went wrong — or, worse, to go looking for the “real” USDT and approve an unknown contract that offers to swap it for you. A token contract will tell you its name, its symbol and its decimal places to anyone who asks, without a wallet or an account, and a public node will answer that question from a browser. It is the one check that does not depend on trusting whoever sent you the address.
The balance is still only on Polygon
Holding USDT on Polygon does not give you USDT anywhere else. The contract there is its own ledger, and no setting in a wallet turns a Polygon balance into an Ethereum one — a wallet that shows nothing after a transfer may be pointed at the wrong network rather than empty. Moving between them is a transfer with a cost, which is the thing this site measures.
POL pays for the transfer, not ether
Gas on Polygon is paid in POL (Polygon). A wallet holding only USDT on Polygon cannot send it, in the same way that a wallet holding only USDT on Ethereum cannot send without ether. This catches people who bridge a stablecoin across and nothing else: the money arrives, and then sits there. Whatever route you take, arrive with something to pay with.
Leaving for Ethereum is not one step
Coming in is a single transaction. Going back out through the network’s own bridge is not: the withdrawal starts with a burn transaction on Polygon, that transaction has to be checkpointed, and only then can the exit be processed (Polygon). Three stages, and the middle one is not under your control — you wait for the checkpoint.
A third-party bridge does not go through that withdrawal process, which is why the tools compared here can quote a different time for the same direction (what a crypto bridge is). It is a different trade with a different cost, and the comparison below prices both against the exchange route for the amount you enter.
Questions
What is Polygon USDT?
USDT held on the Polygon PoS network, a separate balance from USDT on Ethereum or TRON with its own contract. Transfers there are paid for in POL rather than ether, and the balance only moves to another network through a bridge or an exchange.
What is the USDT contract address on Polygon?
The USDT that circulates on Polygon is the contract at 0xc2132D05D31c914a87C6611C10748AEb04B58e8F, which calls itself USDT0. Tether's own list of supported protocols does not name a Polygon address, so that is not a confirmation from the issuer — and a contract's name alone never proves it is genuine.
How do I send USDT from Polygon to Binance?
Use the deposit address the exchange shows for USDT on Polygon specifically, and send on that network. An exchange lists each network it accepts separately, and the deposit is credited according to the network the transfer actually travelled on, not the one you intended.
Sources
- Polygon documentation — POL, the gas and staking token · checked 2026-09-12
- Polygon documentation — withdrawing an ERC-20 through burn, checkpoint and exit · checked 2026-09-14
- Tether — supported protocols · checked 2026-09-14