USDT to KES rate — Kenya

A typical buy costs 130.67 KES and a typical sell fetches 128.86 KES. 6 venues carry the currency, with 1,094 ads live right now.

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Frequently asked questions

What does USDT cost in KES?

Roughly 130.67 KES to buy and 128.86 KES to sell. Those are medians across all venues; the table above updates live.

Which exchanges carry KES?

Binance, Bybit, KuCoin, lbank, MEXC, weex — 6 venues in total.

Why do prices differ between exchanges?

The gap is small — currently 0.66%. The venues are connected and differences close quickly.

What is the buy-sell gap?

The distance between what people give the currency up for and what they take it back at. Buying and immediately selling costs you exactly that, currently about 1.40%.

How the Kenyan Shilling market is shaped

The Kenyan Shilling trades on 6 of the venues we cover, and right now they hold around 1,094 ads totalling 498K USDT. Most of them sit on Binance.

The typical price is 130.67 KES to buy and 128.86 KES to sell. The gap between them, 1.40%, is exactly what you lose buying and immediately selling back. It is not an exchange fee but the natural distance between demand and supply, and it narrows as the market deepens.

How far the venues diverge

The cheapest and dearest exchange for this currency currently sit 0.66% apart, measured across the 2 venues that carry this market. That is little: the venues are well connected and shopping around buys you little. The choice here is not between exchanges but between individual ads — payment method, limits and the merchant’s record.

How this compares with other currencies

By ad count this is the 6th largest of the 58 currencies with a page of their own here. On venue divergence it sits above 36% of the rest — the middle of the list.

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