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HTX

Centralized exchange founded in 2013 as Huobi and renamed HTX in 2023, offering spot, futures, earn and copy-trading products.

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Volume (24h)$1.42BUSDT markets tracked live
Coins890with USDT pairs
Spot / Perp markets597 / 390tracked by ArbiLayer
Base fees0.02% / 0.06%maker / taker, futures

About HTX

Centralized exchange founded in 2013 as Huobi and renamed HTX in 2023, offering spot, futures, earn and copy-trading products.

Trading fees

Official fee schedule ↗
Spot
Maker0.2%
Taker0.2%
Base tier
USDT-M futures
Maker0.02%
Taker0.06%
Base tier
  • Holding or paying with HTX token reduces trading fees (third-party reviews cite 25% off spot and futures)
  • Prime tiers and market-maker programmes lower rates further

Withdrawals: network-dependent, flat per asset

New users

Task-based new-user campaigns (June 2026 campaign: 100,000 USDT prize pool plus device prizes)

  • Rewards for registration
  • Deposit rewards
  • Trading-activity rewards
  • Referral rewards
Claim on HTX ↗Terms and regional eligibility vary; per-task amounts were not published in the source seen.. Check the offer page before signing up.

HTX Prime

VIP program ↗

Tier is based on any one of: 30-day spot volume, 30-day futures volume, portfolio assets, or HTX token holdings. Official fee pages could not be read; figures below come from a third-party review (May 2026). Per-tier fee rates not verified..

TierRequirementSpot makerSpot takerFutures makerFutures taker
Prime 0< 30,000 USDT spot vol, < 300,000 USDT futures vol, < 5,000 USDT assets, < 1,000 USDT of HTX0.2%0.2%0.02%0.06%
Prime 1≥ 30,000 USDT 30d spot vol or ≥ 300,000 USDT futures vol or ≥ 5,000 USDT assets or ≥ 1,000 USDT of HTX————
Prime 11≥ 1.8B USDT 30d spot vol or ≥ 3B USDT futures vol————

Proof of reserves

✓ Reserves verifiedReport ↗
Proof of reserves
Published
Snapshot
Jun 1, 2026
Method
Merkle tree PoR (user self-verification); monthly disclosures
Frequency
Monthly
  • BTC 103%, ETH 100%, TRX 105%, USD stablecoins 104%
  • HTX 101%, XRP 104%, DOGE 100%, SOL 100%
  • 45 consecutive months of PoR disclosures as of July 2026

Company

Founded
2013
Headquarters
No official HQ disclosed; described in press coverage as Seychelles-based
Token
HTXHTX DAO governance token (proposal voting); also used for trading-fee discounts and Prime tier qualification on the exchange

Founders

LLLeon Li (Li Lin)Founder; sold his controlling stake to About Capital Management in 2022

Leadership

JSJustin SunGlobal advisor (TRON founder)

Products

SpotMarginUSDT-M perpetualsCoin-M futuresCopy tradingGrid botsHTX EarnTokenized TradFi assets

Not available in

United StatesCanadaMainland ChinaHong KongSingaporeUnited Kingdom (retail)CubaIranNorth KoreaSudanSyriaVenezuela

Incidents & regulatory history

  1. 2026UK FCA brought enforcement action over unlawful crypto promotions and asked app stores and social platforms to block HTX in the UK.
  2. 2026UK government sanctioned the entity Huobi Global S.A. in May over alleged services to Russia-linked A7; HTX said the online exchange was unaffected.
  3. 2026Exchange hit by a DDoS attack in August; HTX said user assets were not affected.
  4. 2023About $8M lost in a hot-wallet hack in September, shortly after the rebrand to HTX.
  5. 2023In November, HTX hot wallets (~$30M) and the HECO Chain bridge were exploited; HTX pledged to fully compensate users.

Volume, last 7 days

7 days agonow

Top markets

MarketTypePriceFundingVolume (24h)
ETH logoETH/USDTPerpetual$2,724.21-0.0022%$340.19MSpreads
BTC logoBTC/USDTPerpetual$86,489.15-0.0019%$221.53MSpreads
DOGE logoDOGE/USDTPerpetual$0.0965+0.0100%$20.84MSpreads
ZEC logoZEC/USDTPerpetual$1,346.91+0.0100%$14.22MSpreads
SOL logoSOL/USDTPerpetual$121.04-0.0048%$9.11MSpreads
SUI logoSUI/USDTPerpetual$1.23+0.0100%$5.52MSpreads
ADA logoADA/USDTPerpetual$0.2658+0.0100%$5.47MSpreads
HYPE logoHYPE/USDTPerpetual$90.10+0.0050%$3.68MSpreads
NEAR logoNEAR/USDTPerpetual$4.90+0.0100%$3.40MSpreads
XRP logoXRP/USDTPerpetual$1.52+0.0100%$3.33MSpreads
LTC logoLTC/USDTPerpetual$70.51+0.0100%$2.95MSpreads
BNB logoBNB/USDTPerpetual$795.45+0.0100%$2.64MSpreads
FIL logoFIL/USDTPerpetual$1.06+0.0100%$2.08MSpreads
BTW logoBTW/USDTPerpetual$1.25+0.0050%$1.29MSpreads
XAU logoXAU/USDTPerpetual$4,165.16+0.0324%$1.05MSpreads
TRX logoTRX/USDTPerpetual$0.3357-0.0338%$895.8KSpreads
WLD logoWLD/USDTPerpetual$0.5814+0.0100%$862.0KSpreads
SHIB logoSHIB/USDTPerpetual$0.00000596+0.0100%$853.8KSpreads
QNT logoQNT/USDTPerpetual$250.52-0.2360%$674.6KSpreads
PEPE logoPEPE/USDTPerpetual$0.00000443+0.0100%$667.1KSpreads
TRUMP logoTRUMP/USDTPerpetual$2.07+0.0050%$606.0KSpreads
PUMP logoPUMP/USDTPerpetual$0.006411+0.0050%$568.1KSpreads
LINK logoLINK/USDTPerpetual$14.20+0.0100%$515.4KSpreads
UNI logoUNI/USDTPerpetual$9.12+0.0100%$435.2KSpreads
USOIL logoUSOIL/USDTPerpetual$90.660.0000%$380.8KSpreads
BR logoBR/USDTPerpetual$0.4356+0.0050%$354.8KSpreads
WIF logoWIF/USDTPerpetual$0.2533+0.0050%$341.7KSpreads
MSTRX logoMSTRX/USDTPerpetual$165.100.0000%$334.7KSpreads
AKE logoAKE/USDTPerpetual$0.0338+0.0050%$320.8KSpreads
AAVE logoAAVE/USDTPerpetual$180.62+0.0100%$320.7KSpreads
WBD logoWBD/USDTPerpetual$30.750.0000%$307.6KSpreads
XAG logoXAG/USDTPerpetual$61.560.0000%$290.3KSpreads
BCH logoBCH/USDTPerpetual$318.53+0.0100%$271.3KSpreads
AVAX logoAVAX/USDTPerpetual$11.02+0.0100%$268.4KSpreads
SNDK logoSNDK/USDTPerpetual$1,735.440.0000%$258.5KSpreads
CRCLX logoCRCLX/USDTPerpetual$83.35+0.0051%$246.7KSpreads
PONS logoPONS/USDTPerpetual$0.3999+0.0050%$244.8KSpreads
MUBARAK logoMUBARAK/USDTPerpetual$0.066+0.0050%$242.8KSpreads
ETC logoETC/USDTPerpetual$9.04+0.0100%$232.4KSpreads
XAUT logoXAUT/USDTPerpetual$4,153.50-0.0167%$227.9KSpreads
ARB logoARB/USDTPerpetual$0.2046+0.0100%$220.3KSpreads
ENA logoENA/USDTPerpetual$0.2422+0.0244%$215.8KSpreads
SKYAI logoSKYAI/USDTPerpetual$0.0372+0.0050%$197.6KSpreads
DASH logoDASH/USDTPerpetual$59.98+0.0100%$189.9KSpreads
LMT logoLMT/USDTPerpetual$503.150.0000%$184.0KSpreads
SKUU logoSKUU/USDTPerpetual$31.79+0.0100%$179.9KSpreads
SHEIN logoSHEIN/USDTPerpetual$4.020.0000%$176.6KSpreads
TLT logoTLT/USDTPerpetual$77.710.0000%$176.5KSpreads
GE logoGE/USDTPerpetual$310.090.0000%$176.5KSpreads
STRC logoSTRC/USDTPerpetual$99.16+0.0100%$176.1KSpreads
SPCX logoSPCX/USDTPerpetual$160.510.0000%$175.2KSpreads
GILD logoGILD/USDTPerpetual$145.980.0000%$174.5KSpreads
NAVER logoNAVER/USDTPerpetual$142.970.0000%$174.5KSpreads
NET logoNET/USDTPerpetual$350.440.0000%$172.2KSpreads
MDB logoMDB/USDTPerpetual$359.310.0000%$171.9KSpreads
SAMSUNGEM logoSAMSUNGEM/USDTPerpetual$1,171.320.0000%$170.5KSpreads
UNH logoUNH/USDTPerpetual$371.610.0000%$170.4KSpreads
CIFR logoCIFR/USDTPerpetual$15.910.0000%$170.1KSpreads
DDOG logoDDOG/USDTPerpetual$277.390.0000%$169.7KSpreads
BKNG logoBKNG/USDTPerpetual$159.010.0000%$169.1KSpreads
Sources · checked Oct 1, 2026
  1. htx.com
  2. bitdegree.org
  3. tradingfinder.com
  4. square.htx.com
  5. htx.com
  6. yellow.com
  7. theblock.co
  8. bloomberg.com
  9. caproasia.com
  10. ibtimes.com
  11. cointelegraph.com
  12. theblock.co
  13. decrypt.co
  14. cryptotimes.io
  15. datawallet.com
  16. htx.com
  17. tradersunion.com
  18. coingecko.com