Highest Surge of 753%!

In January 2026, macroeconomic uncertainty combined with market liquidity contraction led to a downward trend in mainstream crypto assets, with risk appetite continuing to decline. In such a severe downturn, the question of "can we find assets that are still rising" became a challenge for all trading platforms and investors.

Huobi HTX insists on a core strategy of long-termism and professional selection, quickly responding to the real demands of the market while executing a strict asset selection strategy. It filters high-quality projects with genuine attention, community consensus, and phased narratives from various sectors such as Meme, AI, privacy, public chains, and DeFi. Data from the platform in January showed that several assets still achieved impressive gains amidst an overall sluggish market, capturing Alpha against the trend.

"Not Easy" in a Bear Market: "Whatever is Hot, We List It," Strict Asset Selection Outperforms Market Averages

A market downturn does not mean opportunities disappear; it means the difficulty of selection increases exponentially. As Huobi HTX global advisor Sun Yuchen stated, "For assets that are hot, we list whatever is hot." Among the various assets launched by Huobi HTX in January, it maintained its commitment to long-term sectors while quickly responding to real market demands when short-term hotspots emerged, providing users with more choices under controllable risks, showcasing significant wealth effects. Among them, the newly launched project RIVER has seen a minimum price of 17 USDT and a maximum of 88.8 USDT since its launch on January 16, achieving a maximum increase of 422%; DUSK rose from 0.0375 USDT to 0.32 USDT, with a monthly increase of 753.3%.

In an environment where the overall market is under pressure, the ability of new coins to achieve several times growth in a short period is already a rare phenomenon. Behind this is Huobi HTX's continuous tracking and rapid response to market sentiment, capital flows, and narrative rhythms.

Meme Sector: Structural Opportunities in Emotional Games

The Meme sector remains one of the most active directions in the January market. In an environment with limited liquidity, projects with high consensus and topical attributes can still attract concentrated capital for speculation.

PEPE once surged to 0.0000071 USDT, with a monthly increase of 82.1%, becoming one of the representative assets to rebound first in this round of the Meme sector. BONK (Bonk) is the first community-led Dogecoin on the Solana blockchain, with a monthly increase of 78.1%, showing that established Meme projects still have capital support in a weak market. NEIRO (Neiro) achieved a maximum increase of 66.3% after its launch, performing steadily. BROCCOLI (CZ’s Dog) leveraged its strong topical attributes and community attention, with its price rising from 0.0149 USDT to 0.043 USDT, an increase of 188.6%.

Additionally, Huobi HTX's early layout in the Chinese Meme direction is particularly impressive. Huobi HTX launched “Binance Life” and “I’m Here” with monthly increases of 172.7% and 441.7%, respectively, and launched 83 days ahead of Binance.

AI and Cross-Chain: Incremental Certainty Driven by Narratives

The AI and cross-chain sectors still represent relatively mid-to-long-term logical directions in the market. VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is an "AI Character Economy" ecological protocol that allows developers to create autonomous, interactive, tradable, and evolvable AI Agents. With the explosive growth of the x402 ecosystem, the community and developer ecosystem continue to expand, making it one of the representative assets in the AI sector, with a monthly increase of 90.3%, showing an independent trend amidst market fluctuations.

RIVER (River) is building a chain-abstract stablecoin system that connects assets, liquidity, and yields across multiple blockchains. As one of the standout assets in the cross-chain sector, River quickly gained market attention after its launch due to its clear technical positioning and capital backing, achieving a maximum increase of over 422%, becoming one of the most representative Alpha projects in January's "Huobi Select."

Privacy and DeFi: Undervalued Value Recovery Market

The privacy sector has maintained its heat for a long time, with clear hotspot rotations from major coins like ZEC to XMR to smaller market cap DUSK. DUSK (Dusk Network) is a blockchain platform designed for regulatory and decentralized finance, and as Europe's first blockchain-based stock exchange, it focuses on the issuance of digital securities. DUSK's price rose from 0.0375 USDT to 0.32 USDT, with a monthly increase of 753.3%, indicating a gradual return of the long-term narrative in the privacy sector. ZKP (zkPass) is an oracle network based on zkTLS, with a monthly increase of 103.7%, showing continuous progress in the infrastructure layer for zero-knowledge and privacy directions. GWEI (ETHGas) is an Ethereum infrastructure protocol focused on reducing transaction latency. As a DeFi-related asset, GWEI achieved a monthly increase of 157.9%, representing a structural opportunity within its niche sector.

A bear market does not mean there are no opportunities; it simply means opportunities are scarcer. Huobi HTX will continue to utilize a professional, prudent, and forward-looking asset selection system to help users capture truly high-quality projects with Alpha in a complex and ever-changing market environment. In the future, Huobi HTX will also continue to cover more new sectors and narratives, working with users to navigate cycles and welcome the next round of market recovery.

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 leading global Web3 portal, Huobi HTX adheres to a development strategy of global expansion, ecological prosperity, wealth effects, and security compliance, providing comprehensive, safe, and reliable value and services for virtual currency enthusiasts worldwide.

For more information about Huobi HTX, please visit https://www.htx.com/ or HTX Square, and follow X, Telegram, and Discord. For further inquiries, please contact glo-media@htx-inc.com.

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