HTX Global Ltd (formerly Huobi Global)
Compliance snapshot
- No EU, UK or US federal exchange authorization for the global entity
- Rebranded from Huobi after withdrawing from its original home market
- Trustpilot 2.7/5 · 3,340 reviews
- Multiple hot-wallet incidents between 2023 and 2025
Offshore group with no EU or UK authorization, a rebrand following exit from its home market, and repeated security incidents affecting platform wallets.
Licenses & registrations
- 🇸🇨 SeychellesRegisteredVASP registrationFinancial Services Authority SeychellesFSCAVASP-SC-2023-0772023-06-01Verify at source
- 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRegisteredRegistered crypto asset trader (local entity)Bappebti / OJKBappebtiID-CAT-2022-0192022-04-14Verify at source
Reputation
- App Store
- 4.0
- Google Play
- 3.5
Recent press
- 2026-06-18HTX faces renewed questions on reserve compositionNegative
Reuters — Analysts flagged a high share of affiliated tokens in published reserves.
- 2026-03-25Exchange restructures regional entitiesNeutral
Bloomberg — Operations were consolidated under fewer offshore entities.
- 2025-12-04HTX withdrawals delayed after wallet incidentNegative
CoinDesk — Processing resumed after roughly a day; the venue said users were made whole.
- 2025-09-12European supervisors warn on unlicensed venuesNegative
Financial Times — HTX was named in a supervisory list of firms soliciting EU residents without authorization.
- 2025-04-08Fee cuts drive spot volume reboundPositive
CoinDesk — Zero-fee promotions lifted reported volumes.
Incidents & enforcement
- 2025-12-03HackUSD 8,000,000
Hot-wallet compromise; the venue said losses were covered from corporate funds.
- 2025-09-12Enforcement
Public warning by an EU national supervisor concerning provision of services without authorization.
- 2023-09-25HackUSD 7,900,000
Theft from an exchange hot wallet later attributed to a state-linked actor.