In April, the Web3 industry entered one of the busiest phases of the year. Booths, roadshows, roundtable discussions—the density of information has been pushed to its limits. However, if you stay in this industry long enough, you will know that truly substantial conversations may not necessarily occur where the noise is greatest. On the evening of April 22, HTX DAO hosted a VIP exclusive dinner, gathering VIP clients from around the world for this closed-door dialogue.

When the entire industry recalibrates its coordinates in a downward cycle, and when issues like compliance, liquidity, and asset security are repeatedly placed on the table, how a platform should build relationships with its most core user group and what kind of relationships to establish has become a key question determining the future landscape of the industry. Through this dinner, Huobi HTX provided its approach to solving this issue.

Make Trust Verifiable

In recent years, with the occurrence of numerous black swan events, the trust cost in the exchange industry has been increasingly high. Every platform needs to think about why users are willing to place millions or even tens of millions of dollars with them. Huobi HTX provided a sincere answer: through time, data, and a record of not faltering during extreme market conditions.

As of the first quarter of 2026, Huobi HTX's clean assets remain at the top tier of global offshore exchanges. Amid the overall capital outflow in the exchange industry, Huobi HTX achieved an increase of over 30 million dollars against the trend. More importantly, the trading volume of SVIP on the platform grew by as much as 50% in the past year, which means that an increasing number of high-net-worth players are casting their trust votes with real money.

Make Expectations Respondable

To maintain this hard-earned trust, the next step plan of the platform is crucial. In the opening speech of the dinner, Huobi HTX Global Advisor Sun Yuchen candidly responded to the expectations of major clients.

He talked about $HTX. Recently, $HTX has officially become the only fee discount token for Huobi HTX. Against the backdrop of many platforms gradually weakening the rights of platform tokens, this itself demonstrates a value orientation. Sun Yuchen stated, "This year, our overall approach is centered on empowering with $HTX, firmly focusing on the fundamentals, business, and services, rather than considering capital operation aspects."

He talked about ecological synergy. In addition to the steady improvement of Huobi HTX, P Network has also seen rapid growth after entering 2026, significantly advancing in exchange rankings. "Our strategic thought is that Huobi HTX is the main site, and P Network is the sub-site, or we can say it is Huobi Alpha," Sun Yuchen said. P Network operates at a faster pace, undertaking the launch and experimentation of more cutting-edge assets and maintaining a zero-fee advantage, while Huobi HTX adopts a steady approach, focusing on core liquidity and major client services. Moreover, optimizing liquidity between the two platforms will be a top priority, with expectations for a doubling improvement this year.

He discussed fiat channels. According to Sun Yuchen, Huobi HTX is actively promoting the globalization of its OTC business. By collaborating with local regulators and channels, the platform's signature zero-freeze service is being promoted to more key markets.

"We don’t engage in empty talk; everything is about real empowerment and changes. There will be significant changes every quarter," Sun Yuchen said.

Make Services Replicable

The genuine demands of major clients may not be as complex as imagined. For users who have reached a certain scale, market fluctuations may not be the biggest risk. Whether problems can be responded to and resolved in a timely manner, whether the trading experience is smooth, and whether the product mix is three-dimensional—these specific scenarios combined are what determine how a major client chooses a platform.

The upgrades in Huobi HTX's SVIP system over the past year directly address these specific issues. Its core idea is not to "pile up rights" but to redesign the service granularity around the real asset management chain of high-net-worth users—asset security, asset allocation, exclusive channels.

The exclusive high-yield earning product line for major clients offers up to 9% annualized returns, complemented by a diverse product structure that can create asset allocation plans meeting various needs; deepening the coverage of high-quality asset pools ensures no waiting in line when opportunities arise; one-on-one client manager connections mean that key contacts are always online. The continuously improving SVIP service system systematically integrates these capabilities.

The real threshold for high-net-worth services lies in stability. It's not difficult to make one good decision; the challenge is to ensure that every time a major client seeks help, they receive the same level of response. This relies on the service system, personnel hierarchy, and operational standards accumulated over many years. The professionalism is ultimately reflected in the invisible aspects. Closed-door events like this VIP exclusive dinner are the offline extension of this service system. The platform shares strategic directions with major clients, listens to feedback, judgments, and needs, and brings these insights back for the next round of product and service iteration.

Make Co-construction Sustainable

In the latter part of the dinner, the atmosphere became more relaxed. The platform's management and the attending partners spoke freely about the next steps for the platform, the direction of the industry, and the real problems encountered by each major client during usage.

This is the significance of this dinner. While many voices in the industry are still chasing short-term narratives and traffic, Huobi HTX chooses to bring the strategic direction back to the user, allowing those who understand the platform best to participate in the next decisions. "User first" has been spoken too much in the exchange industry, but its true weight can only be placed on face-to-face communication with users.

As Sun Yuchen said, exchanges like this, close to users, have already become the norm at Huobi HTX.

Where will the next dialogue take place? What new ideas will emerge? The answers to these questions are still on the way. But one thing is certain: the channels for dialogue will remain open, available for every partner willing to co-construct the ecosystem with the platform.

About HTX DAO

HTX DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) initiated by Huobi HTX exchange and supported by the TRON public chain ecosystem, collaboratively built by community members, early contributors, and global advisors. HTX DAO is committed to building an open governance ecosystem that is user-led, rule-transparent, and collaboratively efficient, becoming a key engine for promoting the development of decentralized financial systems.

HTX DAO upholds the principle of “holding tokens equals governance,” aiming to stimulate the consensus and participation of global users, connect community interests with platform values, and explore a new order in the world of crypto finance.