Centralized exchange · since 2013 Centralized exchange founded in 2013 as Huobi and renamed HTX in 2023, offering spot, futures, earn and copy-trading products.
New users: Task-based new-user campaigns (June 2026 campaign: 100,000 USDT prize pool plus device prizes)
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Order-book perpetual and spot exchange built as an app-specific ZK rollup on Ethereum, with verifiable matching and liquidations and zero fees on standard accounts.
New users: Weekly points drops and a free Premium trial week via referral
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HTXLighter
Trading fees (base tier)
Spot maker0.2%0%
Spot taker0.2%0%
Futures maker0.02%0%
Futures taker0.06%0%
Markets (live)
Coins listed889212
Coins with perpetuals391212
Coins with spot pairs5840
24h volume$2.13B$2.38B
Coins only here170 coins trade on both71942
New listings (detected live)
Last 30 days21
Last 90 days21
Safety and access
Proof of reservesYes · monthlyYes · real-time
LicensesNone listedNone listed
Restricted regions12 regionsUnited States, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore…15 regionsUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, North Korea…
HeadquartersNo official HQ disclosed; described in press coverage as Seychelles-basedLighter, Inc. (Delaware corporation, United States)
Exchange tokenHTXLIT
Incidents on record51
HTX or Lighter?
HTX and Lighter are compared here on what matters when you choose where to trade: base trading fees, how many coins each lists, how quickly they add new ones, perpetual prices and funding on the coins both list, and safety signals such as proof of reserves and restricted regions. Live numbers update from the exchanges' public market data; fees and policies were checked against each exchange's own pages.
HTX lists 889 coins and Lighter 212. 170 coins trade on both, 719 only on HTX and 42 only on Lighter. In the last 30 days HTX added 2 new coins and Lighter 1.
Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; HTX offers 2 discount options and Lighter offers 4 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.