Founded in 2013 in China as Huobi, HTX is the world’s leading digital asset trading platform and currently offers trading and investment in more than 100 digital asset pairs. The company now has offices in Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and the United States. In August 2018 it became a publically listed Hong Kong company.
Following a 2017 ban on Bitcoin exchanges by the Chinese government, HTX stopped Bitcoin withdrawals and shut down its Chinese website, but continued operating overseas as “Huobi Pro”, a Seychelles-registered company. Huobi China continues to operate as a blockchain consulting and research platform.
As of March 2018, HTX processed around US $1 billion in trades daily.
What has surprised many observers closely monitoring these illicit activities is the recurring association of these hacks with platforms connected to Justin Sun.
