Justin Sun withdrew $200M USDC from the exchange on January 13, 2026.

User USDT asset holdings grew by more than 150% year-on-year in 2025.

Platform asset balance hit an all-time high of $7.3 billion in 2025.

Achieved $3.3 trillion in trading volume over 2025.

Runs a promotional giveaway with 1,000 USDT prize pool for TRON ecosystem token wishes, ending on 2026-01-15.

Generated approximately KRW 4.77 trillion (~$3.36 billion) in trading fees from South Korean users in 2025, alongside Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Bitget, with Binance capturing ~57.7% of the total offshore exchange fee revenue.

Quarterly token burn scheduled for January 15, 2026.

Hosts an awards ceremony with an airdrop program distributing 600 million HTX tokens to 3 randomly selected winners on December 30, 2025 at 11:00 UTC.

Upgraded K-line chart functionality with one-click order placement, real-time order and position viewing with drag-to-set take-profit/stop-loss features, additional K-line intervals, and custom time zone settings.

Released 2025 Space Exploration Report marking the 12th year of operations, with a promotional campaign offering 1,500,000 HTX tokens to 20 winners for engagement.

Received approximately $4.25M in stolen funds from the Trust Wallet exploit on December 26, 2025, as part of the hacker's laundering activity across multiple exchanges.

Distributes 150,000 USDT through daily airdrops over 28 consecutive days from December 22, 2025 to January 18, 2026.

Launched derivatives trading on HTX following token generation event.

Fully upgraded HTX Earn Web Homepage with 5 core sections, smart yield recommendations, integrated pages, and enhanced product information including optimized lists and FAQs.

Reserves are being exploited or taken advantage of by an unidentified party.

Completed OM token migration on the platform.

Listed Utech Stables ($U) token for trading on December 18, 2025.

New HTX Earn product goes live with 100% APY for $KYO token deposits through partnership with Kyo Finance.

Banner Battle community voting contest concludes with MANYU winning 55% of votes, securing lucky draw airdrops for MANYU voters and 7-day banner feature on the platform.

Year-End spot trading bonus launches offering 50% rebate on trading fees with up to $20,000 claimable per user.

Derivatives holdings surge 52% year-over-year, ranking #2 in growth rate among exchanges.

HTX token listed among top daily gainers while overall crypto market experiences downward pressure.

Trading carnival for $SOMI spot trading goes live with $10,000 prize pool, $3 bonus for new users (FCFS), and up to $2,000 rewards for SVIP traders through December 29th.

New HTX Earn product offers 100% APY for $SOMI token deposits from Somnia Network.

HTX's Auto-Deleveraging algorithm overshoots minimal PNL requirements for solvency by multiples according to ongoing technical research, affecting the exchange alongside Binance and Hyperliquid.

HTX launches futures trading contest for DOGE, PIPPIN, PEPE, MOODENG, and LUNA with $20,000 prize pool and bonus perks for new users and SVIPs.

Year-End Spot Trading Bonanza launches with 50% trading fee rebate and rewards up to $20,000 per user for spot trading participants.

$NIGHT Futures Trading Contest launches with $10,000 HTX prize pool ending December 18th, participants can claim $3 in HTX.

HTX secures official crypto exchange license in Pakistan, becoming one of the first global exchanges approved in the country. PKR deposits and withdrawals launch soon, providing access to a market of 250M+ people.

HTX Earn launches new staking product for NIGHT token from Midnight Network offering 100% APY.

Spot API Trading Contest ends in 72 hours with 100,000 USDT prize pool and limited-edition 20g gold bar rewards.

Platform achieves $506 million net inflow ranking first on Defillama over the past month, with futures open interest rising $1 billion from $6.2 billion to $7.2 billion in 20 days.

HTX Trading Championship Futures Team Battle reports three teams surpassed $200M+ in volume during week 2 of the competition.

Latest Merkle Tree Proof-of-Reserves dated December 1st reports significant inflows including 453 BTC, 2,000+ ETH, and $416M USDT, with USDC user assets nearly doubling month-over-month and all assets backed at 100%+ reserve ratios.

A whale was liquidated for $24 million in a single BTC/USDT short position on the platform, according to Coinglass.

STABLE/POWER Futures Contest launches with $20,000 HTX prize pool and $3 HTX claim, ending December 15th in partnership with Stable and Power Protocol.

HTX announces new spot listing for $NIGHT token (Midnight Network's native token) with deposits opening soon and trading going live on December 9.

Volatility Gold Rush Round 5 goes live with 14-day duration ending December 22, providing up to 50% off borrowing interest for crypto assets (BTC, ETH, SOL, PEPE) and up to 30% USDT interest rebate plus free interest vouchers.

HTX announces new spot listing for $STABLE token with deposits open now and trading starting soon.

First team achieves $200M trading volume in HTX Futures Team Battle competition.

HTX lists $KYO token for spot trading with deposits live now and trading commencing December 10 at 09:00 UTC.

Hot Crypto Futures Contest with $20,000 HTX prize pool for trading DOGE, ZEC, PIPPIN, ARC, and BCH is ending soon, offering additional rewards for new users and SVIPs.

New futures trading contest for $RLS token goes live with $10,000 HTX prize pool and $3 HTX claim opportunity, in partnership with Rayls Labs, ending December 10th.

$1 billion USDT moves from HTX to Aave in whale transaction.

HTX ranks #1 in Assets Flow and launches social engagement campaign offering $10 each to 20 users for a total prize pool of $200.

New futures trading contest for $BOB token goes live with $10,000 HTX prize pool and $3 HTX claim opportunity, in partnership with Build on Bob, ending December 11th.

HTX launches new SVIP perks program offering 30 USDT airdrop and 900 USDT trading bonus for Prime 6 upgrades, challenge rewards worth up to 5,000 USDT, and instant Prime +3 tier boost for users switching from other exchanges.

New futures trading contest goes live with $20,000 HTX prize pool for trading DOGE, ZEC, PIPPIN, ARC, and BCH, offering extra benefits to new users and SVIPs.

HTX and Tron complete donation to the Da Pu Hong Kong Government Support Fund.

HTX launches Spot API Trading Contest with 100,000 USDT prize pool and 20g gold bar registration incentive.

HTX launches Volatility Gold Rush Week Round 4 trading promotion offering up to 30% USDT interest rebate and 50% off BTC & ETH funding rates, ending December 8th.

HTX launches Banner Battle community voting contest with $1,000 airdrop prize for the winning community. HTX-connected wallet accumulated $179.69K in $PIPPIN memecoin at $0.022 average price, position now valued at $1.1M.

HTX launches $MONAD Futures Contest with $10,000 prize pool ending December 2nd, offering $3 HTX for new users, in collaboration with Monad project.

HTX launches new user protection program covering up to 100 USDT on first BTC trades for newly registered users.

HTX launches $IRYS Futures Contest with $10,000 prize pool, ending December 4th, in collaboration with IRYS project.

HTX launches Learn & Earn quiz campaign with $10,000 prize pool, requiring participants to follow accounts, retweet, complete forms, and answer quiz questions correctly.

HTX and Tron DAO donate HKD 10 million to support rescue, relief, and recovery efforts after the Tai Po fire in Hong Kong.

HTX launches Spot Trading Check-in Event with $30,000 prize pool, requiring minimum 100 USDT spot trading to participate, running until December 4th.

Hot Crypto Futures Contest increases prize pool to $20,000 (from $15,000) and extends to December 2, featuring SOL, ZEC, BCH, STRK, and ICP trading pairs.

HTX records $391 million net inflow over the past month, ranking second among all centralized exchanges after Binance.

HTX partners with Tevau Official on Pre-install cooperation to integrate payment card infrastructure for next-generation payment solutions.

HTX Borrowing Benefits Week Round 3 offers up to 30% USDT interest rebate and up to 50% off BTC/ETH borrowing for Prime users, with vouchers for borrowers over 20k USDT during a 7-day promotion.

Monad's $MON token launches with trading support on HTX and 10 other major centralized exchanges starting at 3PM UTC.

HTX runs Hot Crypto Futures Contest with $15,000 prize pool for trading SOL, UNI, ZEC, WLFI, and ICP, ending November 25th.

HTX Earn launches new subscriber promotion offering 100% APY for 7 days on first fixed-term deposits with 300+ assets available.

HTX launches $USDD Special Promo offering up to 10% APY via SmartEarn with 50,000 HTX token prize pool for futures trading competition.

HTX runs new Spot Grid Weekly contest with $30,000 prize pool and 20 USDT signup bonus for Grid Bot trading on ETH, ZEC, XRP, ASTER, and HYPER tokens.

Justin Sun withdraws $50M USDT from HTX exchange, with his onchain holdings now exceeding $1.07B.

HTX Listing Winners program goes live with elite listings on the exchange.

HTX launches tokenized Tesla stock contract ($TSLAX) with a $10,000 HTX trading and sharing promotion ending November 26th, offering new users $3 HTX.

HTX announces Trading Championship with $80,000 in prizes for the winning team.

HTX runs a futures trading contest for SOL, UNI, ZEC, WLFI, and ICP with a $15,000 prize pool ending November 25th.

HTX launches Airdrop #4 running November 18-25, offering up to $1,888 daily rewards through mystery boxes for spot trading participants.

HTX cited alongside Binance, OKX, Bybit, and Kraken in ICIJ scam probe investigation.

Billions in funds move between HTX Global, Tether, and Aave in whale transactions.

As of Q3 2025 end, Avenir Group (founded by HTX founder Li Lin) holds $1.189 billion in IBIT, up 18% quarter-over-quarter, remaining Asia's largest institutional Bitcoin ETF holder for five consecutive quarters.

The largest single liquidation order in a $1.07 billion market-wide liquidation event occurs on HTX's BTC-USDT pair, valued at $44.29M.

HTX announces team-based Trading Championship offering $400,000 in prizes.

HTX Earn Carnival launches staking program offering up to 15% APY on 26 major cryptocurrencies including BTC and SOL, with +5% APY booster coupons for subscribers and 10g Gold Note prizes for top 20 new subscriptions.

Dubai courts freeze funds belonging to HTX's Dubai entity held by Justin Sun and his mother.

HTX November Carnival offers 14-day airdrop event with 200,000 USDT prize pool, partnering with Diamond Sponsors including TRON DAO, BitTorrent, SunPump, JUST DeFi, AINFT, WinkLink, Steemit, and Agent SunGenX.

HTX launches $JCT/$CC Futures Contest with $20,000 prize pool in partnership with JANCTION_Global, ending November 18th.

HTX Live educational episode on Trade Risk Management and New Tokens scheduled for November 13 at 20:30 UTC+8 with live USDT airdrops during the stream.

HTX Earn launches new $AO token staking opportunity offering 100% APY in partnership with AO (aoTheComputer).

Individual arrested in UK for money laundering allegedly bought 190,000 Bitcoin on platform in June 2014 with proceeds from Chinese fraud scheme, later triggering anti-money laundering investigation when selling Bitcoin to purchase properties.

HTX launches $2,000 MEME FESTIVAL contest in partnership with BabyDoge, ending November 17th.

HTX Earn lists new $KITE token staking opportunity offering 100% APY in partnership with GoKiteAI.

HTX launches $TRUST Futures Contest with $10,000 prize pool in partnership with 0xIntuition, contest ends November 13th with $3 bonus for new users.

HTX launches $FOLKS Futures Contest with $10,000 prize pool in partnership with FolksFinance, contest ends November 14th with $3 bonus for new users.

HTX community check-in promotion features 100,000 USDT weekly prize pool ending in 1 day, with Diamond sponsors including BitTorrent, WinkLink, Steemit, SunPump, JUST DeFi, AINFTS, and Agent SunGenX.

HTX and Poloniex withdraw significant funds from AAVE protocol.

Unknown group withdraws 7,066 ETH from HTX and Bitget using dozens of wallets in evasive operation, sells entire amount for $23.945 million DAI at $3,389 per ETH.

HTX launches Crypto Futures Contest with $15,000 prize pool for trading DOGE, TRX, ZEC, TRUMP, and FARTCOIN, contest ends November 11th.

HTX launches $5,000 giveaway campaign in collaboration with ZBT (zerobasezk), contest ends November 12th.

HTX launches Double 11 Spree Points Challenge where users collect HTX Gold Coins to redeem Dyson products.

HTX launches $2,000 giveaway in collaboration with GUN project, contest ends November 11th.

HTX Live program premieres Thursday 20:30 UTC+8 with USDT airdrops, real-time insights, and educational content on spotting GEM listings and on-chain safety.

A $47.87M BTC-USDT liquidation order occurs on HTX, the largest single liquidation, as total market liquidations reach $1.30B with 326,379 traders liquidated in the past 24 hours.

HTX lists $AO token with deposits now open and trading starting soon.