Huobi HTX releases the 2026 January report card: 20+ fiat currency expansions, 25.6% trading growth, 58 million users, accelerating comprehensively at the beginning of the year

At the beginning of 2026, the global cryptocurrency market has entered a new cycle amidst turbulence and differentiation. In response to market fluctuations and liquidity structure adjustments, Huobi HTX is advancing the establishment of an OTC compliant site in Australia and accelerating the expansion of fiat channels, further deepening its global layout. On the other hand, HTX Ventures has been awarded the title of the best Web3 venture capital institution at the 12th "Hong Kong Stock 100" annual awards, breaking through the brand barriers in the traditional financial arena. Meanwhile, product experiences continue to upgrade, the asset reserve transparency mechanism operates stably, and the platform's trading volume maintains growth. By the end of January, the cumulative registered users on the platform surpassed 58 million, with a month-on-month trading volume increase of 1.57%. With multiple lines of progress, Huobi HTX has delivered a report card for January that reflects structural upgrades and steady progress.

Global OTC Compliance Breakthrough, Comprehensive Expansion of Fiat Channels

In January, Huobi HTX's OTC business achieved significant breakthroughs in global compliance layout by partnering with the digital currency exchange HBGL, which is officially registered with AUSTRAC in Australia, successfully launching compliant exchange services for USDT/USDC and fiat currencies in the global market. HBGL operates under Australia's strict anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework, ensuring a safe, smooth, and fully regulated digital asset deposit and withdrawal channel for local users.

At the same time, the construction of HBGL's global compliance network is accelerating, promoting the establishment of fiat-stablecoin trading channels in multiple key regions, adding support for over 20 fiat currencies including USD, EUR, JPY, AED, HKD, and TRY. The expansion of multi-currency fiat entry not only enhances the deposit convenience for global users but also further strengthens Huobi HTX's localization service capabilities in emerging and mainstream markets. In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to rely on its existing foundation to promote the launch of more localized compliant sites, unwaveringly building a safer, more convenient, and more trustworthy digital asset ecosystem for global users.

Forward-Looking Asset Layout, Creating Wealth Effects Against the Trend

Against the backdrop of a generally weak market in January, Huobi HTX still maintains a firm layout in long-term tracks while quickly responding to short-term hot demands, "launching the hottest projects" under the premise of controllable risks, providing users with diversified asset choices.

In January, the platform launched a total of 17 new cryptocurrencies, covering multiple tracks such as Meme, Layer 1, and Layer 2. Huobi HTX took the lead in the Chinese Meme track, launching assets like "I’m Here," "Old Man," and "Life K-Line" on the BSC chain, attracting significant community attention. Among them, "I’m Here" reached a maximum increase of 441% after its launch, becoming the most representative phenomenon asset of the month; "Binance Life" was also launched on Huobi HTX, 83 days ahead of other mainstream exchanges. Additionally, Huobi HTX launched ZKP for the first time; the newly launched project RIVER reached a peak of 88.8 USDT since its launch on January 16, with a maximum increase of 422.4%, further consolidating the platform's leading advantage in the Chinese community and innovative asset exploration.

It is worth mentioning that in January, the earn coin section launched 8 popular asset earning products, with the number of new subscription users reaching 10,000 and a cumulative subscription amount of 50 million USDT, with the number of active users increasing by 8% month-on-month.

Growth in Contract Business Scale, Upgrade of Smart Trading Capabilities

The contract sector continues its growth trend, with the platform supporting over 200 contract trading cryptocurrencies. In January 2026, the overall trading volume increased by 25.6% compared to December 2025, reaching a new peak.

On the product side, the contract experience underwent multiple deep upgrades. The smart copy trading model was launched, deeply integrating with contract trading, fully upgrading the copy trading functions, supporting limit closing, profit stop-loss, one-click reversal, K-line viewing, and other features, significantly enhancing trading decision-making and execution efficiency; after the upgrade, "Yubi Bao" reached a maximum annualized yield of 7.21%, with a nearly 30-day annualized yield of 4.22%, allowing BTC and ETH to enjoy the same yield level as USDT, with earnings automatically credited daily, while not affecting normal contract trading, achieving a balance between capital utilization and trading flexibility.

Regarding trading experience, the APP has optimized key features focusing on upgrading the profit and loss logic, adding multi-dimensional triggering methods, price type switching, and profit and loss trial calculation functions. At the same time, the contract grid has added an automatic margin addition function, upgraded leverage position modes, improved search functions, and upgraded the APP homepage leaderboard, significantly enhancing operational smoothness and interface friendliness. Data from the first week of the new version shows that the order placement willingness peak increased by 6.31% compared to the old version, with an average increase of 7.66%, significantly improving trading conversion efficiency.

Global Compliance Promotion, Continuous Transparency of Security System

In terms of compliance, Huobi HTX obtained a No Objection Certificate (NoC) issued by the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) in the first quarter of 2026, achieving a key compliance breakthrough for virtual asset business in Pakistan. Under this regulatory framework, Huobi HTX can legally conduct spot trading, OTC trading, wallet services, and contract virtual asset businesses, laying the foundation for long-term compliant operations in the South Asian market.

In terms of asset security, Huobi HTX has publicly disclosed Merkle tree proof of reserve (PoR) data for 40 consecutive months. The latest data shows that the reserve ratio of major assets remains above 100%, with core assets fully covered. Notably, the reserve scale of USDC has increased to 44,882,357 coins, further optimizing the stablecoin allocation structure.

Debuting on the International Stage, Brand Influence Continues to Expand

At the 2025 Hong Kong Wealth Management Summit and the 12th "Hong Kong Stock 100" awards ceremony, HTX Ventures was awarded the title of the best Web3 venture capital institution. HTX DAO, as the main sponsor, collaborated with Jinse Finance to launch an on-chain light variety show, with total views exceeding 1.55 million, exploring innovative forms of Web3 content and continuously expanding brand communication boundaries.

In addition, HTX DAO launched the "Xinjiang Adventure: Big Client Journey" in mid-January, strengthening connections and ecological consensus building among core users through immersive communication and deep interaction.

Continuous Deepening of HTX DAO Ecological Construction, Governance and Value System Upgrades in Sync

In January 2026, HTX DAO advanced token mechanism optimization and community governance construction simultaneously, continuously solidifying the foundation for ecological development. The platform completed the HTX token burn for the fourth quarter of 2025, with a cumulative burn amount approaching 10% of the total supply, further strengthening the long-term value support and deflation expectations of the token, enhancing ecological confidence and value stability. During the same period, a governance token white paper compliant with EU MiCA regulations (EU 2023/1114) was released, marking significant progress in the global compliance process and laying a solid foundation for future international expansion and institutional construction.

At the beginning of the month, HTX DAO officially launched the recruitment of a volunteer system and deeply participated in the "People's Experience Officer" annual plan evaluation mechanism, exploring a more open and transparent community co-construction governance practice. At the same time, it launched community education content "HTX New Year First Lesson," incentive activities for Sun Xue's books, and the Nova community growth plan, continuously strengthening community awareness construction and member activity, enhancing the endogenous motivation of the DAO organization.

In terms of social responsibility and ecological collaboration, HTX DAO participated in the "12th Heartfelt Joy Gathering" charity event and collaborated with the Fangya Community and Loyal to carry out public welfare actions for children with autism, practicing corporate social responsibility through concrete actions and conveying the warmth and responsibility of the Web3 community. In addition, HTX DAO supports the content dissemination of on-chain big players and offline industry events in Shanghai, continuously expanding industry influence and ecological linkage capabilities. Through multi-dimensional promotion, HTX DAO is gradually forming a long-term ecological framework that develops in parallel with governance mechanisms, value models, and social responsibility.

Steady Progress, Opening a New Stage of High-Quality Growth

In January 2026, Huobi HTX continued to promote global compliance layout amidst market fluctuations, strengthening product experience, optimizing asset structure, and maintaining steady growth in trading volume through the construction of a global OTC network, forward-looking layout of quality assets, deep upgrades of contract products, and transparent security mechanisms, continuously solidifying the foundation for long-term development.

Looking ahead to the new year, Huobi HTX will continue to adhere to a development path that balances compliance operations, asset security, and product innovation, building a more robust, efficient, and open global digital asset service ecosystem.

About Huobi HTX

Founded in 2013, Huobi HTX has developed over 12 years from a cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive blockchain business ecosystem, covering digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investment, incubation, and other businesses.

As a leading global Web3 portal, Huobi HTX adheres to a development strategy of global expansion, ecological prosperity, wealth effects, and safety compliance, providing comprehensive, safe, and reliable value and services for virtual currency enthusiasts worldwide.

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