Launched a futures trading contest with $20,000 HTX prize pool for trading SOL, RIVER, BCH, and ASTER pairs, running until 2026-03-03, offering up to 1,200 USDT in free futures positions for registered participants.

Recorded largest single liquidation order valued at $61.51M on the BTC-USDT pair, ending February 23, 2026.

Listed RIVER token on HTX Earn with up to 20% APY for deposits.

Launched Trading Championship II with a $1.5M prize pool.

Pledged a $100,000 donation to Ichikawa City Zoo to support the care and habitat of Punch, a macaque named as an Official HTX Brand Ambassador.

Restored full FLOW services on February 18, 2026.

Launched full FLOW services on HTX Global exchange.

Received a deposit of 2.6 million LIT tokens (valued at $4.07 million) from five wallets associated with Justin Sun on February 16, 2026.

Achieved 6.0% market share among centralized exchanges with trading volume up 35.6% year-over-year in 2025.

Hosts million-dollar crypto airdrop event starting 2026-02-15, distributing 2,026 USDT and 888 USDT, partnering with TRON DAO, SUN.io, JUST DeFi, APENFT, BitTorrent, WINkLink, Steemit, and SunPump.

Futures trading volume grew 25.6% month-over-month in January 2026.

Runs a $3,000 giveaway in collaboration with UXLINK, ending on 2026-02-20.

Listed ESP (Espresso Systems) token with deposits opened and trading starting soon.

Spot trading volume decreased by 19% in January 2026 compared to December 2025, making it the exchange with the largest month-on-month decline among major exchanges.

Participated in Consensus Hong Kong February 11-12, 2026, with Justin Sun delivering a keynote on February 12 on the Auros Main Stage with CoinDesk, alongside booth presence and community engagement.

Listed UP (Superform) token with deposits opened and trading starting soon.

Appears on the FCA's warning list for unauthorized activities in the UK.

Faces UK Financial Conduct Authority High Court proceedings on 2025-10-21 for promoting cryptoasset services without authorization, risk warnings, and approvals; FCA seeks to block operations for crypto marketing rule breaches.

Organizing an invite-only blockchain gathering in Hong Kong scheduled for April 2026.

Enabled USDe minting and redemption functionality as of February 10, 2026.

Runs airdrop and rewards program February–March 2026, including a dual incentives program with AINFT, and Funds Bonus Program up to 20% total bonus rate. Conducts AINFT AI Rush Season 2 ending 2026-03-03, offers a $3M USDT prize pool for Lunar New Year, a $3M USDT airdrop daily for 17 days, and a 2,026 USDT red packet airdrop 2026-02-16, all claimable via Spot, Margin, or Futures on HTX App. Distributed 1.6M USDT in crypto gifts over 7 days as part of a $300,000 USDT promotional campaign ending 2026-03-04, and distributes USDT rewards starting 03:00 UTC on 2026-02-24, featuring a $1.5M prize pool during Lunar New Year, free crypto gifts, triple rewards for referrals, and 70% SVIP trading rebates.

Runs a creator challenge contest in collaboration with River, offering $2,500 in total prizes to 100 winners, ending on 2026-02-16.

Runs a futures trading contest with $20,000 HTX in rewards for trading SOL, XAUT, XAG, BCH, and PIPPIN, with additional rewards for new users, ending on February 9, 2026.

Launched ZAMA/INX futures trading contest with $20,000 HTX prize pool and $3 HTX bonus for new user participants.

Listed CLANKER token with deposits opened and trading live on February 5, 2026.

Running a Spot Crypto Trading Carnival with a $25,000 prize pool, scheduled to end on 2026-02-10.

Listed ZAMA token with deposits opened and trading scheduled to begin soon.

Plans to increase Bitcoin holdings in the future according to Justin Sun's statement, responding to Binance's SAFU conversion announcement.

Listed 17 new USDe spot trading pairs on January 30, 2026.

HTX is running a joint promotional campaign with USDD, distributing a total of 1,200 USDD in rewards split between social tasks (200 USDD) and a supply pool (1,000 USDD).

Launches a 30-day BTC price prediction challenge with a total reward pool of 450M HTX tokens, distributing 15M HTX daily through February 20, 2026.

Added XLM and DAI as supported collateral assets on HTX Collateral Swap, enabling users to borrow USDT, BTC, and other major cryptocurrencies.

Listed SKR token for trading.

Available for trading on decentralized exchanges including Lynex Protocol, Oku Trade, OolongSwap, Biconomy, and 2TheMoon.

Received 143 ETH ($477K) from an attacker who stole $282M+ worth of LTC and BTC through a hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 10, 2026, as part of a money laundering operation.

FTX estate filed a legal motion on January 7, 2026 to clawback approximately $27.5 million in locked accounts allegedly belonging to FTX and Alameda Research from HTX and Poloniex, targeting funds from the November 2022 bankruptcy.

Listed LIT token for trading on HTX Earn flexible product offering 6% APY.

Suspended XMR (Monero) deposits and withdrawals on the exchange.

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.

Reached 58 million users as of January 2026.

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.