The cryptocurrency exchange HTX has released its April 2026 performance report. The monthly futures trading volume neared $100 billion, while the platform's asset balance grew by 4.94%.
According to CoinMarketCap, by mid-May, HTX ranked first among exchanges for net capital inflow over seven days. The platform's stablecoin reserves increased by 11.46% compared to March.
Listings and Earn Products
In April, the exchange added nine new tokens, becoming the first trading platform for four of them (OPG, CHIP, BLEND, and MEGA). The BLEND token surged by 151% post-listing, while CHIP rose by 74%.
Among sector leaders: the AI token GENIUS saw a 50% increase, while in the DeFi sector, SPK and ORCA gained 40% and 64%, respectively. In GameFi, APE and AXS rose by 111% and 52%, and in the privacy coin segment, ZEC and ZAMA appreciated by 20% and 50%, respectively.
HTX's flexible Earn products for stablecoins maintained high yield rates. The net inflow of USDT, USDD, and USDC continued to grow, and subscriptions for PoS tokens increased by nearly 20%. The Earn section added 15 new assets, with new subscriptions exceeding $10 million.
Data: HTX.Futures, TradFi, and Copy Trading
In April, the exchange launched 28 new futures contracts, including 11 from the TradFi segment—MU, SNDK, META, and NVDA. In early May, HTX added pre-IPO assets from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
The platform updated its USDT-M futures system: floating profits with cross-margin became transferable, and leverage for long and short positions with isolated margin is now adjustable independently. The migration was automatic and did not affect open positions.
On April 20, HTX launched spot copy trading, allowing retail users to follow professional traders' strategies with a single click. The exchange also introduced the HTX Holo AI assistant, which offers market analysis, news interpretation, and recommendations for Earn products.
"The average daily yield of SmartEarn was 2% annually for BTC, ETH, and USDT with no entry threshold and daily profit distribution. Funds can simultaneously be used as collateral for futures trading," the report states.
In April, HTX completed the integration of code for the custodial project Ceffu, with public beta testing set to begin soon. This service will provide institutional clients with infrastructure for secure asset storage and trading.
P2P Premium and HTX Ecosystem
On April 7, the P2P Premium service on HTX celebrated its first anniversary. Over the year, the platform implemented a "100% compensation mechanism" and recorded zero account freezes.
During the "HTX Carnival" and "HTX Spectacle" campaigns, each with prize pools of 100,000 USDT, the fund retention rate reached 88.9%, and the average daily trading volume of HTX/USDT increased by 117.6%. The on-chain staking volume exceeded 2 trillion HTX in the first month, and the token remained above the 60-week moving average for the first time in 17 months.
Data: HTX.The exchange also opened registration for the HTX Genesis hackathon and announced a $10 million ecosystem development fund in HTX tokens.
Security and Regulation
According to Proof-of-Reserves data as of May 1, 2026, HTX's reserves for major assets exceed 100%. The exchange has published reports based on a Merkle tree for 43 consecutive months.
The updated report includes an aggregated USDs category, combining USDT, USDC, and USDS into a single representation of dollar stablecoins on the platform. Data is available in the "Reserve Information" section on the exchange's website.
Data: HTX.The exchange continues to prepare applications for licenses in Kyrgyzstan. In April, HTX's global advisor and TRON founder Justin Sun visited the country.
It is worth noting that HTX's P2P segment received the "P2P Platform of the Year" award at the Blockchain Forum 2026.