Behind the strong performance against the trend: from "fourfold empowerment" to "carnival month," dissecting the value reconstruction loop of $HTX

"In the winter of the market, we are about to make a big move."

This is a clear signal revealed by Molly, the head of the Huobi HTX marketing center and HTX DAO ambassador, in a recent interview. Huobi HTX global advisor Sun Yuchen also candidly stated on X, "Let $HTX become the only platform token of Huobi… focusing more on independently empowering $HTX and promoting better development for $HTX."

These signals quickly received a response in the secondary market. Against the backdrop of Bitcoin and Ethereum experiencing severe fluctuations and most altcoins undergoing significant corrections, an independent market for $HTX has quietly begun.

Reviewing the recent weekly trend of $HTX, a clear "W bottom" is forming on the right side. The price is steadily above the MA5 and MA10 moving averages and has formed a golden cross (currently reported around 0.000001722), with obvious anti-dip properties and upward intentions. Behind the apparent trend of "others falling sharply while I fall slightly, others oscillating while I rise" reflects the market's pricing feedback on Huobi HTX's recent series of fundamental restructuring actions in conjunction with HTX DAO.

Fourfold Empowerment Landing, Creating a "Supply-Demand Scissors Gap"

The long-term rise logic of any token cannot escape the fundamental change in supply and demand relationships. The "fourfold empowerment" launched by HTX DAO from March to April has precisely targeted the supply-demand arteries of $HTX:

Incremental Capital Entry: On March 4, $HTX officially launched on the European compliant trading platform Bit2Me. Combined with the previous release of the governance token white paper by HTX DAO that complies with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114), a series of measures have brought $HTX into a clearer regulatory context, opening up the entry channel for fiat funds in Europe. More specifically, the establishment of a compliant entry essentially expands the "quality of new funding sources," which will directly impact the medium to long-term pricing system of $HTX.

On-chain Staking Lock-up: On March 16, HTX DAO launched the $HTX staking function, allowing users to earn up to 10% annualized returns through staking and participate in HTX DAO governance. The core of this move is to establish $HTX as one of the infrastructures bridging CeFi and DeFi.

At the same time, the attractive yield level will significantly enhance users' willingness to hold $HTX long-term, guiding more chips into a locked state, thereby compressing the circulation scale in the secondary market on the supply side, alleviating potential selling pressure, and enhancing the stability and elasticity of the pricing system.

Reshaping High-Frequency Demand: Starting April 1, $HTX welcomed an epic empowerment—becoming the only token for fee discounts on the Huobi HTX exchange.

Sun Yuchen pointed out the underlying business logic in a previous social media post: "With the development over the years, Huobi HTX has gradually achieved independent operation, the business is on the right track, and the profit space is getting larger. Now is the right time for independent empowerment."

This adjustment essentially reconstructs the trading cost system, transforming $HTX from "held asset" and "optional use" into a "high-frequency necessity" for traders, creating a continuous real buying pressure in both the spot and contract markets.

Extreme Deflationary Mechanism: On April 15, HTX DAO will execute the Q1 2026 destruction plan. According to the HTX DAO white paper, as an ecological partner of HTX DAO, Huobi HTX will use 50% of its revenue each quarter for $HTX repurchase and destruction. Currently, the $HTX destruction plan has been executed six times, with a cumulative destruction and liquidity donation of nearly one hundred trillion tokens, about 10% of the total issuance.

Only when destruction meets demand does deflation make sense.

When a large amount of $HTX is used to offset transaction fees, and a significant number of chips are staked and locked up, combined with regular real monetary destruction and the entry of compliant funds, the "scissors gap" formed by sharply reduced supply and surging demand constructs an unassailable price moat for $HTX.

$100,000 Carnival Month: Amplifying Short-Term Capital Games

If the fourfold empowerment is the long-term value foundation of $HTX, then the upcoming $HTX Carnival Month launched by Huobi HTX is the catalyst to ignite short-term market activity.

From April 2 to April 15, users participating in various tasks such as holding, trading, and earning $HTX will have the chance to share a reward pool of 100,000 USDT. Activity details:++$HTX Carnival Month: Trade, Hold, Earn, Share a 100,000 USDT Prize Pool!++

From early March to mid-April, in a month and a half, Huobi HTX and HTX DAO launched a complete set of combined moves: first solidifying the fundamentals with the "fourfold mechanism," then igniting liquidity with the "Carnival Month," and finally wrapping up with deflationary destruction. Each step is interconnected, all pointing to the same goal: enhancing the long-term value and short-term attractiveness of $HTX.

It is clear that around $HTX, a more proactive path is taking shape: from mechanism reconstruction to behavioral incentives, to capital sedimentation, this is a systematic reshaping around supply-demand relationships and asset efficiency.

Wealth Effect Highlighted: $HTX Enters the Hitting Zone

When we refocus our attention on the market, everything has a reasonable explanation. The recent anti-dip and steady rise of $HTX is precisely the sharp capital paying for this complex logic: it has both the deep momentum accumulated from the platform's long-term ecological construction and the perfect closed loop constructed by "fundamentals + activities."

For investors, the current wealth effect of $HTX has already shown a "multiplier level" amplification:

Beta Returns: The macro bottom has emerged, and the technical moving averages are in a bullish arrangement, ready to break out and start a main upward wave at any time.

Alpha Returns: During the holding period, not only can one enjoy up to 10% staking interest, but also "earn" airdrop rewards during the Carnival Month.

During the mid-game break of a bull market, the most scarce thing in the market is "certainty." Huobi HTX and HTX DAO have demonstrated their determination to defend the coin price and give back to the community through a series of bold combined moves. From the grand narrative of European compliance to the unique necessity of fee offsets, and then to real monetary subsidies and destruction, the value flywheel of $HTX has already started.

"The big move" has been made. At this golden turning point of rising volume and price, holding onto $HTX may be one of the most cost-effective strategic allocations in this cycle.