Entering 2026, the cryptocurrency market continues its oscillating pattern amidst the intertwining of macro environment and sentiment recovery. Against the backdrop of relatively moderate overall market gains, several asset tracks on Huobi HTX achieved weekly increases in the past week (January 5 - January 11), with the BSC Chinese Meme project "Binance Life" and the privacy track project ZKP standing out particularly. Huobi HTX, leveraging its keen market insights and the first-mover advantage of launching early with strong narratives, once again demonstrated strong explosive power during the asset launch "rush period."
DeFi and Privacy Lead the Charge: FXS Strong Rebound, ZKP Leads Narrative Upgrade
This week, the privacy track and DeFi infrastructure performed the most prominently. The privacy track ZKP and XMR both strengthened, with narratives continuing to ferment, becoming one of the few directions to achieve a clear trend upward this week.
FXS (Frax Finance): With a weekly increase of 110%, it topped the gainers list. Frax Finance is a DeFi protocol that offers three stablecoins and staking derivatives (FRAX, FPI, frxETH) for earning yields, providing liquidity, and staking in DeFi.
ZKP (zkPass): Weekly increase of 90%. As a leading project in the privacy computing track, ZKP utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology to solve Web3 identity verification challenges. Huobi HTX's early layout and launch of ZKP allowed platform users to fully capture the turning point benefits of the privacy track from stagnation to explosion.
XMR (Monero): Weekly increase of 36%. As a well-established privacy asset, XMR's steady rise once again confirms the market's return to the eternal theme of "financial privacy." Funds are gradually spreading from "single-point speculation" to "track resonance," and the phased value of privacy assets is being re-priced.
BSC Chinese Meme: Binance Life Leads, Early Layout Advantage Highlights
In the Meme sector, the focus this week is undoubtedly on Binance Life. With the resurgence of the BSC ecosystem's popularity and the continuous fermentation of the Chinese Meme narrative, funds have begun to flow preferentially towards targets with early cognitive advantages and community foundations.
Notably, Binance Life, as an early launched and heavily supported BSC ecosystem project on Huobi HTX, was keenly captured by Huobi HTX in its early development phase, providing liquidity support at the first opportunity. This strategy of launching ahead of the market's large-scale FOMO has not only built a good reputation for the platform but also allowed early investors to reap significant rewards in this wave of the BSC Chinese narrative.
- Binance Life: Weekly increase of 63%. Unlike previous Memes that purely relied on animal imagery, Binance Life embodies a profound "Chinese community culture." This asset originated from the community's resonance with the lifestyle of the crypto industry, possessing high cohesion within the BSC ecosystem.
Following the explosive momentum of "Binance Life," Huobi HTX has launched the popular on-chain Chinese Meme projects "I’m Here," "Life K-Line," and "Laozi," and has simultaneously added I’m Here/USDT (10X) and Laozi/USDT (10X) isolated margin trading, fully supporting BSC ecosystem Chinese Meme.
At the same time, a large-scale "Chinese Asset Series Event" has been launched to give back to the vast community users. From now until January 19, participants in the trading of the aforementioned Chinese assets or those inviting friends can share a generous reward pool of up to $200,000, with new registrants eligible to draw a lucky prize of up to 888 USDT.
Additionally, the BSC Meme track project B (BUILDon) saw a weekly increase of 28%, further confirming the structural opportunities within the track; the Solana ecosystem Meme remains active, with CHILLGUY (Just a chill guy) achieving a weekly increase of 33%. The steady performance of these assets provides Huobi HTX users with a diversified investment portfolio.
AI Sector: Narrative Continues, Funding Preferences Become More Rational
The AI track remains the "main theme" for the entire year of 2026. AI-related assets continued their oscillating recovery trend this week. Overall, the speculative sentiment in the AI track has noticeably cooled, with funds beginning to prefer projects with practical applications or clear long-term positioning.
ARC (AI Rig Complex): Weekly increase of 42%, a new species of "AI+MEME" in the Solana ecosystem, gaining some attention under the cross-narrative. ARC is a foundational AI infrastructure written in RIG, which is an LLM framework for building AI agents based on the Rust language.
AIC (AI Companions): Weekly increase of 53%. AI Companions is positioned as a leading platform integrating artificial intelligence, VR/AR, and blockchain technology, aiming to create personalized digital companions to provide users with virtual companionship experiences.
RENDER (Render Token): Weekly increase of 23%. As a more mature AI infrastructure project, its trend is relatively stable. Render is a distributed GPU rendering network built on the Ethereum blockchain.
First-Mover Advantage Equals Profit Advantage: Early Launched Assets on Huobi HTX Are Becoming "Certainty" in a Volatile Market
Overall, the market did not see a comprehensive bullish trend in the second week of January, but structural opportunities remain clear. Whether it is ZKP's early positioning before its takeoff in the privacy track or the decisive launch of Binance Life at the initial outbreak in the BSC Chinese community, Huobi HTX has transformed platform advantages into profit space for users through the "first-mover" narrative. In the cryptocurrency market, narratives can be imitated, but the time cost advantage brought by first launches/early listings is irreplaceable.
Huobi HTX will continue to rely on its forward-looking judgment of multi-track trends to explore and support new assets with long-term potential, providing users with richer and more growth-oriented trading options. As structural markets gradually evolve, the value of early positioning is being repeatedly validated by the market.
About Huobi HTX
Huobi HTX was established in 2013 and has developed over 12 years from a cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive blockchain business ecosystem, covering digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investment, incubation, and other businesses.
As a global leading Web3 portal, Huobi HTX adheres to a development strategy of global expansion, ecological prosperity, wealth effect, and security compliance, providing comprehensive, safe, and reliable value and services for virtual currency enthusiasts worldwide.
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