Huobi HTX Platform Assets Weekly Review (8.31—9.6): ARB Surges 111% to Lead, Privacy Sector Heats Up Across the Board

In the first week of September (August 31 – September 6), the cryptocurrency market gained momentum. Representative assets across multiple sectors, including L2, the Solana ecosystem, privacy, DeFi, and memes, all posted strong gains. ARB led the HTX gainers list with a weekly surge of 111%; both RAY and DASH climbed 61%, while the privacy sector saw DASH, ZEC, and ZEN collectively top the boards, showcasing distinct sector correlation.

Data from the HTX platform shows that this week's market focus exhibited a rotating multi-sector pattern. On one hand, capital attention returned to infrastructure directions such as L2, DeFi, and public chain ecosystems; on the other hand, high-elasticity tracks like privacy and memes remained active, indicating a recovery in market risk appetite.

L2 Sector Leads Strongly: ARB Weekly Gain Hits 111%

The most standout asset of the week came from the L2 sector. ARB doubled its price this week, topping the HTX weekly gainers list with an 111% rise, reflecting noticeably heightened market attention toward Ethereum scaling ecosystems and L2 infrastructure.

• ARB (+111%): ARB is the governance token of Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling network. Arbitrum enhances Ethereum's transaction processing efficiency through off-chain execution and on-chain settlement, reducing the cost for users to participate in on-chain applications. Its ecosystem covers multiple areas including DeFi, gaming, and infrastructure.

Solana Ecosystem Remains Active: RAY Jumps 61%

As the Solana on-chain ecosystem continues to thrive, capital maintains high interest in DeFi projects within the ecosystem that possess practical application scenarios. RAY surged 61% this week, ranking near the top of the weekly gainers list and demonstrating strong price elasticity.

• RAY (+61%): RAY is the native token of Raydium, a decentralized trading protocol in the Solana ecosystem. Raydium provides services such as token swaps and liquidity provision for Solana on-chain users, serving as a representative liquidity infrastructure in the Solana DeFi ecosystem.

Privacy Sector Sees Concentrated Surge: DASH Leads, ZEC and ZEN Rise Together

The privacy sector became one of the most concentrated performing segments this week. DASH, ZEC, and ZEN simultaneously entered the gainers list, forming a clear sector-correlated rally.

• DASH (+61%): DASH is one of the early crypto assets focusing on digital payments and transaction privacy. It enhances payment efficiency for digital assets through instant transactions and privacy-enhancing features. DASH jumped 61% this week, leading the privacy sector.
• ZEC (+37%): ZEC is the native asset of the privacy network Zcash. Zcash utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology to offer privacy protection options for users while maintaining verifiable blockchain transactions. ZEC rose 37% this week, indicating increased market attention toward zero-knowledge proofs and on-chain privacy technologies.
• ZEN (+36%): ZEN is the native asset of the Horizen ecosystem, primarily used for network governance, ecosystem incentives, and related on-chain applications. ZEN climbed 36% this week, jointly driving up heat in the privacy concept sector alongside DASH and ZEC.

Overall, the synchronized rise of these three privacy-themed assets made the privacy sector one of the most recognizable market themes this week. As issues surrounding on-chain data security, information autonomy, and transaction privacy gain attention, market enthusiasm for related assets has correspondingly rebounded.

DeFi Sector Steadily Recovers: UNI Jumps 35%, JST Surges 18%

As a critical foundational sector of the crypto market, DeFi also showed signs of warming up this week. Among them, UNI and JST respectively represent decentralized finance initiatives within the Ethereum and TRON ecosystems.

• UNI (+35%): UNI is the governance token of the decentralized trading protocol Uniswap. Uniswap is a representative trading infrastructure in the DeFi market, wielding significant influence in on-chain asset swaps and liquidity markets. UNI rose 35% this week, signaling strengthened capital interest in top-tier DeFi protocols.
• JST (+18%): JST is the governance token of the TRON ecosystem DeFi protocol JUST, applicable to protocol governance and related ecosystem scenarios. JST climbed 18% this week, reflecting continued market focus on the financial ecosystem on the TRON chain.

The synchronized rise of UNI and JST indicates that alongside the strength of high-elasticity assets, DeFi projects with solid application foundations and long-term market recognition are also gaining renewed capital scrutiny.

BSC Meme Momentum Continues: MARSCOIN Rises 37%

• MARSCOIN (+37%): As a meme asset in the BSC ecosystem, MARSCOIN rose 37% this week, demonstrating that the meme sector still maintains high market activity.

Compared to infrastructure and DeFi assets, meme token prices are more susceptible to community spread, market sentiment, and short-term capital shifts. During periods of recovering risk appetite, such assets typically exhibit strong upward elasticity, though they also come with more pronounced price volatility.

Faster Multi-Sector Rotation, Privacy and Infrastructure Become Market Focus

Overall, from August 31 to September 6, the HTX weekly gainers list displayed distinct structural rotation characteristics: ARB led with an 111% surge, reigniting market attention on L2 infrastructure; RAY climbed 61%, sustaining the Solana ecosystem momentum; DASH, ZEC, and ZEN rallied collectively, pushing the privacy sector into a key theme of the week; UNI and JST revealed recovery signs in the DeFi segment, while MARSCOIN's rise further confirmed that the meme market remains active.

From the perspective of gain structure, current market hotspots have expanded from single concepts to multiple niche sectors. Capital is simultaneously hunting for high-elasticity directions like memes and privacy, while reassessing the long-term value of L2, DeFi, and public chain infrastructure.

As a global digital asset trading platform covering diverse assets and popular sectors, HTX will continue to monitor market structural changes and emerging project developments, providing users with richer trading options and market observation perspectives.