Detailed Review of Exchange HTX
Checked on 11 October 2026.
HTX is the cryptocurrency exchange previously known as Huobi. The company announced the rebrand in September 2023.
Holder retains the historical review URL, but the previous name does not identify a separate operating exchange.
Products and verification
HTX documentation covers spot trading, contracts, P2P and Earn products. Access conditions must be checked for each product. A feature appearing in a menu does not establish availability for an individual account.
The HTX KYC guide distinguishes verification stages covering personal information, identity documents and facial recognition.
Earlier claims that users can trade freely without identity checks should not be treated as a universal rule.
Old Huobi withdrawal limits, fees, management lists and bonuses are not current without separate confirmation. Check the official HTX website for account terms.
UK sanctions
The United Kingdom designated Huobi Global S.A. on 26 May 2026.
OFSI FAQ 186 states that HTX is subject to UK financial sanctions because it is owned by Huobi.
This is a material restriction, separate from an announcement that the exchange has closed globally. Eligibility to use HTX depends on applicable rules, the user's jurisdiction and platform terms.
This review relies on official documents. The editorial team has not conducted a test deposit or withdrawal.
Good time of day to everyone! Well, I think it’s time to write about these scammers! I haven’t used this exchange for more than a year, since the time when they were still called Huobi. Apparently after they started having problems in 2022, they decided to rebrand and changed their name to HTX, but they couldn’t change their reputation as scammers!
So, a short story about these scammers (htx).... A few days ago, I accidentally went into my old account on the scam exchange (htx), looked at the exchange’s functionality and read the staking-in-pool terms, and I was very interested in their offer, namely they offered a USDT pool at 10% for 1000 USDT and 3% for more than 1000 USDT! Cool, I thought, I should deposit, excellent percentages that other exchanges don’t give, but how wrong I was!
The next day, I wanted to test a withdrawal and oh MIRACLE it didn’t work! Why? It’s simple: at the time I opened an account on the scam exchange (htx) I had an Egyptian phone number, but I moved to another country, to Turkey, and of course I had to change my phone number. Since I had security set up (email + phone number + Google authenticator) I had to send a request to change the phone number, because for a transfer I needed SMS verification! As per the regulations, the scam exchange (htx) requested the documents I used to register, namely my driver’s license and my photo with that ID in the background. I complied with their requirement, sent them the photo they asked for, and then the most interesting part began! So, after they received my photo, the scam exchange (htx) asked me for a video, and with different backgrounds + I had to make several hand gestures in it + take the document in my hands. That’s how the clown show by the scam exchange (htx) began. I sent them this video! They wrote back that they accepted the video and confirmed my identity, but they needed proof that the assets I deposited on the scam exchange (htx) belong to me. At first I didn’t understand why they were asking for this, since it was just 1000 usdt, and the transaction was clean, from the ByBit exchange. In general, I made them photos and a video of my transaction and the ByBit exchange, indicated that I bought these coins via P2P on the same exchange, after which I received an answer from them that almost made me faint! So, the scam exchange (htx) asked me to SEND THEM EVIDENCE of other sources of assets, here is their quote from the email: "in addition to the source of the origin of assets as of August 20, 2024, two additional proofs of the source of assets are also required." Do you understand? That is, they require me to provide what I simply do not have! Since I funded the scam exchange (htx) with a single payment via transfer from the ByBit exchange of 1000 USDT on 20.08.2024! They require me to indicate 2 more sources of origin for my miserable 1000 USDT, even though I recorded a video for them that I acquired these coins via P2P on the ByBit exchange! As a result, they refused to change my phone number and, consequently, I couldn’t withdraw my money via transfer! They themselves create an unsolvable problem for the exchange’s users, namely, they demand what people simply physically cannot provide and, as a result, you will have every chance to lose your coins! The only way that allowed me to withdraw the coins turned out to be P2P on the scam exchange (htx). Previously, I had set a payment password for this method and, as a result, the system did not request SMS confirmation. I sold my assets on the scam exchange (htx), losing several tens of dollars on this. Of course this is small change and I thank myself for not transferring large sums to this scam exchange (htx), the consequences could have been much worse!
Therefore, dear traders and investors, avoid this exchange! Many will say this is a coincidence, but I thought so too when I read information about this scam exchange (htx) on the internet... I thought these were commissioned reviews, but it turned out to be true. The scam exchange (htx) simply takes assets from its users, demanding from them what they simply cannot provide!
Use the services of decent exchanges, not this scam exchange (htx)!
I am ready to provide all screenshots of the correspondence with the scam exchange (htx).
Do not read their reviews that they write themselves! Note that almost all reviews are fresh and written by newbies, that is, by the scam exchange (htx) itself! I assure you, you can lose big money there! Be careful!
Automatically translated. Original language: Russian. Show original