Missed the Spring Festival Rally? HTX’s February Performance Review Highlights Three Potential “Catch-Up Sectors” in the Post-Festival Crypto Market
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Missed the Spring Festival Rally? HTX’s February Performance Review Highlights Three Potential “Catch-Up Sectors” in the Post-Festival Crypto Market
HTX is continuously providing users with more diversified digital asset trading and investment opportunities.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insights
Following the Spring Festival, the crypto market has gradually entered a new trading cycle. After a phase of upward momentum, capital has begun rotating from single hot sectors into multiple verticals, with AI, privacy computing, DeFi, and stablecoin yield continuing to demonstrate strong activity. As market sentiment improves, user engagement and fund inflows on exchanges have also risen in tandem.
Data from HTX shows that new user registrations in February increased 16% month-on-month, and its monthly net fund inflow ranked second industry-wide, with both user base size and trading activity showing growth trends. According to DeFiLlama data, HTX has climbed to sixth place globally on the Clean Assets ranking (i.e., real asset reserves excluding exchange tokens), marking its best-ever historical ranking. Based on recent market performance and platform asset data, HTX has identified three emerging “catch-up” sectors worth watching.
Three High-Potential Sectors Worth Watching: AI Meme, Privacy Computing & Technical Infrastructure
In early February, the explosive popularity of the OpenClaw ecosystem propelled AI-meets-Meme community assets to the forefront of market attention. Compared to traditional meme projects, next-generation AI memes often feature stronger narrative appeal and superior community-driven virality—making them more likely to ignite trading surges during periods of improving market sentiment.
In response to this trend, HTX launched 14 new assets in February across high-demand sectors including AI, MEME, DeFi, and privacy computing. Notably, several popular BASE-ecosystem AI MEME tokens—including CLAWD, MOLT, and CLAWDCH—were listed, alongside community-favorite projects such as BNKR and CLANKE, further broadening coverage in these thematic areas. In the current environment of sector rotation, community-driven assets like these often serve as key barometers of market sentiment.
Beyond community-centric assets, several technology-focused projects debuted on HTX in February—including ZAMA, a ZK-based privacy protocol, and ESP, a privacy infrastructure project. Following its listing, ESP surged up to 80%. Similarly, UP—a Base-ecosystem DeFi project—rose as much as 60%, while ROBO, a robotics-themed project, spiked up to 92%, making it one of the standout technical assets for the month.
Overall, technical directions such as AI, privacy computing, and robotic automation are increasingly becoming foundational components of Web3 infrastructure. As industry-level technical narratives deepen, such assets tend to present timely catch-up opportunities amid broader market rotations.
Stablecoin Yield: A “Can’t-Be-Ignored” Safe Haven Amid Volatility
In an environment of heightened market volatility, stablecoin yield products have emerged as a critical allocation choice for capital. Throughout February, HTX Earn maintained strong appeal. Its stablecoin earn offerings cover major assets including USDT, USDC, USDD, U, and USD1, delivering tiered annualized yields of up to 15% after subsidies—while retaining unlimited individual quotas.
Notably, the USDe flexible-term earn product saw holdings briefly surpass $100 million. Meanwhile, the newly launched USAT flexible-term earn product also performed well, offering a subsidized annualized yield of approximately 10%, expected to continue through mid-March. Additionally, the contract-based earn product YuBiBao sustained solid returns, averaging ~3% annualized yield, with a peak daily annualized yield of 6.21%.
Product Upgrades Continue: New TradFi Section Now Live—Trade Gold & Silver on HTX
On the trading product front, HTX continued expanding its derivatives ecosystem in February. Aligning with industry trends, HTX introduced a new TradFi section, featuring derivative products tied to traditional financial assets—including gold, silver, and crude oil. With ongoing listings of new assets, the platform’s monthly count of futures trading pairs has now exceeded 220+, offering users greater diversification.
Additionally, HTX completed a major product upgrade: the Index Price Composition & Weight Query function is now available to all users. Previously accessible only to API users, this feature now allows retail traders to view index composition in real time—enhancing transparency and empowering more informed trading decisions.
Expanding Industry Influence & Global Footprint
In terms of brand strength and industry influence, HTX Ventures participated in globally significant industry events in February—including Consensus Hong Kong and ETHDenver—and continued publishing weekly market reports to deliver trend analysis and investment insights to users. During the Hong Kong Developer Conference, HTX DAO hosted an exclusive ecosystem dinner, facilitating deep dialogue with industry partners and reinforcing HTX’s brand presence among developers and project ecosystems.
Meanwhile, HTX launched its flagship annual event—the “Peak Match II: $1.5M Spring Festival Celebration.” Upon launch, the campaign quickly captured market attention, drawing over 10,000 participants and significantly boosting overall trading ecosystem vitality. The Team Competition remains actively underway.
Globally, HTX continues advancing localization efforts. Following receipt last year of a No Objection Certificate (NoC) from Pakistan’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA), HTX is actively building its local exchange platform and concurrently strengthening its anti-money laundering systems, establishing a local entity, and finalizing its compliance framework.
Signs of Market Recovery Emerge; HTX Trading Ecosystem Expands Steadily
Overall, against the backdrop of gradual market recovery, AI Meme, privacy computing, and stablecoin yield products are emerging as key focal points for investors today.
At the same time, with new user registrations rising 16% month-on-month, HTX’s user base and trading ecosystem continue expanding. By continuously enriching asset offerings, optimizing trading products, and advancing global expansion, HTX is steadily delivering more diversified digital asset trading and investment opportunities to users worldwide.
About HTX
Founded in 2013, HTX has evolved over 12 years from a cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive blockchain business ecosystem—spanning digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investment, incubation, and more.
As a leading global Web3 gateway, HTX pursues a strategic vision centered on global expansion, ecosystem prosperity, wealth creation, and security & compliance—delivering comprehensive, secure, and reliable value and services to cryptocurrency enthusiasts worldwide.
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