Crypto exchanges HTX (formerly Huobi), Bitget, and BingX have pledged to donate trading fees to support the Slerf community after the anonymous meme coin developer accidentally burned $10 million in presale funds. Despite this setback, market speculators aggressively pumped the token, increasing its value by over 5,000% and sending its price above the $1 mark....Read More
The Virtual Asset Trading Platform (VATP) is a license provided by the government of Hong Kong that allows crypto exchanges to operate within the bounds of the region. Although the license has been available for several years now, only two exchanges – HashKey and OSL – are currently in possession of one. A number of...Read More
Crypto exchange HTX was again targeted by malicious actors on Friday – this time through a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Despite a short-lived outage, crypto billionaire Justin Sun has reassured followers that the exchange’s website has been restored, and all user’s funds are “SAFU.” Sun, who acts as an advisor to HTX, is...Read More
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and lead exec at Poloniex and HTX (formerly known as Huobi), promised an upcoming airdrop with assets to victims of the recent hacks against the two exchanges. He also updated the community that HTX had resumed withdrawals for a few TRX-related crypto assets. Recall the first hack against HTX,...Read More
HTX – Huobi’s rebranded international exchange – has had its best quarter ever, according to CEO Justin Sun. Although the rebranded exchange got off to a rough start with several hiccups, things have started moving in the right direction, Sun claimed. Drastic Measures Taken to Ensure Success Earlier this year, HTX faced an employee revolt....Read More
In late September, HTX – Huobi’s rebranded global exchange – was hit by an attack that left it almost $8 million in the hole. The attacker made off with 4,997 ETH, worth about $7.9 million, from the exchange’s hot wallet. At the time, HTX CEO Justin Sun stated that the identity of the attacker had...Read More
