what's htx?
HTX is a crypto exchange token associated with HTX Global (formerly Huobi). It features DAO governance, staking capabilities, and is part of Justin Sun's ecosystem alongside TRX and SUN tokens. The platform is celebrating its twelve-year anniversary with a "Mars Plan" and offers various trading incentives including TRUMP token campaigns with up to 20% APY staking rewards. The project emphasizes community governance and ecosystem development through DAO initiatives.
HTX co-hosts X Spaces on crypto privacy with COTI, also offers 15% APY XAUT staking.
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Co-hosts an X Spaces event with COTI discussing privacy in crypto and real-world adoption, featuring COTI's CMO and offering a $200 giveaway to participants.
Listed XAUT on HTX Earn with flexible staking offering 15% APY and a minimum subscription of 0.01 XAUT.
Nominated for five awards at Blockchain Forum Moscow 2026, including Best International Exchange, Exchange Service of the Year, and P2P Platform of the Year, with voting ending on 2026-04-11.
Launches airdrop campaign with total budget of 168,888,888 HTX tokens distributed to participants sharing insights on the 2026 Digital Asset Trends White Paper (1 winner receives 88,888,888 HTX, 10 winners receive 8,888,888 HTX each).
Offers 4% APY for HTX token subscribers in Flexible Earn product.
Completed DAI to USDS upgrade automatically for users. USDS now live and trading on the platform, with automatic upgrade support on 2026-04-09.
Becomes the sole platform token for Huobi exchange, replacing the previous dual-token model where TRX also served as a platform token with fee discounts and benefits.
Hosts a $10,000 WL giveaway in collaboration with WorldLand, scheduled to end on 2026-04-09.
Co-published "2026 Digital Asset Trend White Paper" with 8 media partners.
Listed EDGE token with deposits opened and trading starting soon.
Launched futures trading for TSLAX, CRCLX, MSTRX, and HOODX tokens.
Listed $BASED token on March 30, 2026, with deposits opened.
Listed WL (WorldLand) token with deposits open and trading starting soon.
Launched Spot Trading Rewards Week offering 200% Maker fee rebates, 10 USDT Grid Trial Bonus, and a prize draw for a Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max valued at $1,290.
Launched a Pakistan-focused social media account (@HTX_Pakistan) on March 27, 2026 for local market engagement and campaigns.
Enabled deposits for United Stables (U) via the TRON Network on March 27, 2026.
Launched Learn & Earn program with $5,000 total reward pool for quiz participants in collaboration with xMoney.
Launched a spring rewards program offering up to 20 lucky draw entries with 100% win rate for users who invite friends to trade or deposit, with prizes including 666 USDT and HTX tokens.
Hosts an AI Trading Contest with a $1,000 USDT prize pool for top performers.
Received a deposit of 621,000 XVS (valued at $1.95 million) from Justin Sun following the Venus THE market exploit on March 19, 2026.
Listed CFG (Centrifuge) trading pair with deposits already open and trading starting soon.
Listed WAR for spot trading and launched HTX Earn product offering up to 100% APY on WAR deposits.
Burns 50% of platform revenue from HTX token buybacks quarterly on April 15th, 2026.
Runs a Learn & Earn campaign with Ethena offering $5,000 in total rewards for quiz participants.
Offers flexible earn product for TRUMP token with up to 8% APY, available with no limits and anytime subscription/redemption, ending on 2026-04-17.
Launched governance platform on March 16, 2026.
Hosts a video creation contest with APEPE, offering a $4,000 prize pool ($1,500 for top 3 creators and $2,500 for 30 lucky participants), ending on 2026-03-27.
Launched USOIL/USDT perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage.
Listed WAR token with a $10,000 trading competition and additional $2,000 prize pool for SVIPs.
Launched HTX AI Skills feature enabling AI-executed spot trading (market and limit orders) and futures trading (long/short positions via natural language), with compatibility for OpenClaw, Claude Code, and Cursor tools.
Offers SmartEarn promotion with up to 4.34% APY for 30 days on BTC and ETH, featuring flexible subscribe and redeem terms while allowing futures trading.
Opened deposits for $龙虾 token, with trading to begin shortly.
Spot trading volume decreased by 37% in February 2026 compared to January 2026.
Derivatives trading volume decreased by 6% in February 2026 compared to January 2026.
Supports ERC-20 NIL token following Nillion's migration from Cosmos to Ethereum.
Listed KGST, BNKR, CLAWD, CLANKER, ZAMA, INX, and BIRB on HTX Earn with flexible APY up to 5% and fixed APY of 100% for new users.
Launched a Learn & Earn campaign with $8,000 in total rewards, requiring participants to complete a quiz about aPriori and follow both HTX and aPriori social accounts.
Recorded $258M net capital inflows over past month, ranking second among centralized exchanges after Binance, and was a top gainer on March 26, 2026.
Offers zero-fee USDT withdrawals via the Aptos chain as a limited-time promotion starting on March 9, 2026.
Runs Margin Trading Contest 2 with $30,000 USDT rewards for XAUT, DOGE, TRX, AAVE, PEPE pairs, and a promotion offering 100% interest rebates and 50% non-stablecoin borrowing discount, both ending March 31, 2026. Offers another promotion with $30,000 USDT rewards, 3x volume boost on selected pairs, and 50 USDT interest vouchers for new users, ending April 7, 2026.
Listed AO token with deposits opened and trading to start soon.
Listed on Bit2Me exchange.
Experienced capital outflows in February 2026 as part of a group totaling -$633.46M across Bybit, Gemini, and HTX.
Co-hosts a $2,000 MEME FESTIVAL giveaway campaign with BabyDoge, scheduled to end on 2026-03-12.
Ranked 5th among major centralized exchanges with an average of 16 monthly listings.
Launched HTX Carnival campaign offering up to 20% APY on 28 cryptocurrencies, +8% APY boost on USDT Flexible subscriptions, and prizes from a $100,000 pool including Apple Watch Ultra 3, AirPods, and up to $666 for top 20 participants, running 2026-03-25 to 2026-04-02.
Listed WARD token in HTX Earn product with 150% APY offered to depositors.
Listed MANTRA/USDT trading pair on HTX, scheduled to go live on 2026-03-04 at 10:00 UTC following completion of token swap from OM to MANTRA.
Upgraded search functionality to include features, events, copy trading, and trading bots with improved speed and precision.
Launched futures trading contest with $20,000 HTX prize pool for SOL, XAG, TRX, TAO, XAUT, BONK, PIPPIN, ZEC, TRUMP pairs, ending 2026-04-07, offering up to 1,200 USDT in free futures positions, plus rewards for new users and SVIPs.
Recorded largest single liquidation order valued at $61.51M on the BTC-USDT pair, ending February 23, 2026.
Offers flexible earn products for TRUMP, LIT, and RIVER, with APY up to 20% (12% for LIT) and 1 LIT minimum subscription, allowing anytime subscription and redemption.
Launched Trading Championship with a $1.5M prize pool in 2026.
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 FLOW token trading access on HTX exchange 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.
Holds 6.2% spot trading market share, ranking 5th among 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.
Offers over $4.5M in rewards, including AINFT AI Rush Season 2 ($3M, ends 2026-03-03), a referral program (80,000 USDT, ends 2026-03-05), USDT rewards ($1.5M, starts 2026-02-24), and an airdrop (Feb–Mar 2026). Offers HTX tokens and up to 100 USDT rebate vouchers via referral program for referred friends trading at least 300 USDT.
Runs a creator challenge contest in collaboration with River, offering $2,500 in total prizes to 100 winners, ending on 2026-02-16.
Runs futures trading contest with $20,000 HTX rewards for SOL, XAUT, XAG, BCH, PIPPIN, with new user rewards, ending February 9, 2026; offers margin trading contest with $30,000 USDT rewards ($10,000 for first-time margin traders, $20,000 for participants), XAUT trades weighted 3x.
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.
Reached 58 million users as of January 2026.
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.