The clouds will part to reveal the sun — HT is set to become the next surging platform token
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The clouds will part to reveal the sun — HT is set to become the next surging platform token
Platform ownership change, Pi coin launch, layoff风波, massive capital outflow...
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsPlatform ownership changes, Pi coin listings, layoffs, massive fund outflows—Huobi has seen no shortage of controversies recently. The constant waves of public scrutiny have amplified voices predicting its decline. However, just two days ago, Huobi released new data showing over 100,000 weekly new registrations, average weekly trading users exceeding 160,000, and a peak weekly gain of 10.18% for HT—the platform's native token. These contrasting figures, combined with the broader market recovery of major cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH, have sparked renewed speculation around Huobi’s HT.
Yet speculation is not reality. As crypto investors, we must remain rational, look beyond surface-level data, and understand the fundamentals to determine whether HT is merely a marketing-driven pump-and-dump or a dark horse emerging from chaos.
Reversal in Motion: The Hidden Mechanics Behind HT Utility
Since completing its rebranding under new ownership, Huobi has made "empowering HT" a central theme across campaigns, marketing, and partnerships. But what tangible benefits and privileges do HT holders actually enjoy?
First, since December last year, users can pay trading fees with HT on Huobi at a 25% discount. This offers significant savings for active traders executing large or frequent spot and futures trades. While less impactful for small, infrequent holders, it still adds value. Additionally, holding HT allows users to upgrade to Huobi Prime membership at triple the growth coefficient. Reaching certain tiers unlocks further benefits such as reduced trading fees, increased airdrop rewards, and access to PrimeEarn—a high-yield financial product exclusively for HT stakers. Overall, these perks are reasonably generous, offering real passive benefits simply for holding HT.
Next come familiar industry practices like staking or locked-earn programs, where users lock platform tokens to earn interest or airdrops from new projects. In the current mild bull market, such strategies are certainly not losing propositions. More notably, however, are Huobi’s recent PrimeVote events, where HT holders could vote on new token listings by locking their HT. This grants users real decision-making power in ecosystem governance—and delivers strong returns.
According to official Huobi data, the first PrimeVote round featured $POR (Portugal National Team Fan Token) and $ARG (Argentine Football Association Fan Token), both surging over 50% from listing to peak. In the second round, more than 20 million HT were locked for voting. Beyond price gains, successful supporters of the winning project earned an estimated annualized return of approximately 2.5% just from voting.
Finally, let’s examine HT’s potential real-world and metaverse applications. Current developments show meaningful progress in both areas.
In the metaverse, Huobi has partnered with TRON and DMC Labs to launch the Dominica National Coin (DMC) and digital identity within the metaverse. HT serves as the sole asset accepted for DMC token purchases. On the real-world front, Huobi has teamed up with Visa to issue the Huobi Visa debit card, offering exclusive benefits to HT holders. It has also collaborated with EVT, allowing users to pay with HT to watch movies directly on the Huobi platform. As supporting infrastructure matures, HT is poised to bridge virtual and physical worlds, enhancing its utility and circulation value.
Overall, while “HT empowerment” includes marketing elements, Huobi has delivered concrete initiatives that provide real user benefits. From a practical standpoint, HT still has room to grow—its price reversal may only be a matter of time.
Back to Reality: Data Analysis Is What Matters
After discussing HT’s utility and potential, we must return to cold, hard transaction data and rationally analyze metrics that directly impact our wallets.
When discussing exchange tokens, comparisons between Binance’s BNB, OKX’s OKB, and Huobi’s HT are inevitable. At the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap, BNB leads by far with a price of $311.48 and a market cap of $49.25 billion. OKB follows at $37.63 with a $2.25 billion market cap, while HT sits at $5.081 and an $823 million market cap.
In economics, the concept of "diminishing marginal returns" suggests that as one input increases continuously while others remain constant, output increments will eventually decrease. This explains why ETH later outperformed BTC in growth. The same principle applies here: the higher a platform token’s value, user base, and market cap, the smaller its potential for future gains without significant innovation or disruption. From this perspective, HT offers a lower entry barrier but greater upside potential.
Beyond cross-platform comparison, looking at HT’s own historical performance reveals further insights. Over the past year, HT reached a low of $3.841 and a high of $10.19. Its current price around $5 sits near the midpoint. With the broader market recovering mildly and negative sentiment around Huobi gradually fading, coupled with ongoing HT utility initiatives, the outlook for HT remains relatively positive.
Moreover, another piece of news brings highly significant data. In a recent Bloomberg interview, Justin Sun revealed that he is adopting a long-term strategy of accumulating HT, having already purchased tens of millions of HT and planning to continue buying. Given Sun’s track record, such accumulation strongly suggests a planned price surge around a future key event—the directional signal for HT is clear.
Whether considering the underlying real-world utility behind the marketing push for "HT empowerment," or analyzing secondary market data, the likelihood of a strong HT rebound appears high. We hope all crypto investors can cut through the noise, see clearly through the fog, identify true dark horse tokens, and seize the next opportunity for substantial gains.
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