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BF Bitfinex VS HT HTX
Both exchanges offer Spot, Margin. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitfinex and HTX.
| Bitfinex | HTX | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2013 |
| Regions | Blocked for US persons and entities since a 2021 New York Attorney General settlement. Available in most other regions, with licensed derivatives operations in El Salvador; verify local availability before signing up. | Blocked entirely for US and mainland China customers. EU access is unsettled: HTX has pursued licenses in Malta and Dubai, but its own user terms have at times folded the whole EU into an all-services ban. The UK government sanctioned the Huobi Global S.A. entity behind HTX in May 2026; verify current local availability and sanctions status before signing up. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Peer-to-peer margin funding, Perpetual and dated futures, Securities and OTC block trades | Spot, Margin, Futures, Options |
| Maker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Verify current tier: HTX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (roughly 0.2% at the base tier, lower for high-volume traders), with additional discounts for paying fees in HTX or TRX tokens |
| Taker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Verify current tier: HTX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (roughly 0.2% at the base tier, lower for high-volume traders), with additional discounts for paying fees in HTX or TRX tokens |
Bitfinex pros
- Eliminated maker and taker fees across spot, margin, derivatives, and OTC trading platform-wide in December 2025, with no volume tiers or token-holding requirements
- Deep order-book liquidity and a mature peer-to-peer margin funding market that lets users lend idle assets directly to traders for yield
- One of the longest continuous operating histories in the industry, dating to 2012, and still functioning after surviving its own major hack
- A meaningful share of the bitcoin stolen in 2016 is now being returned to the exchange following a landmark US Department of Justice forfeiture case
HTX pros
- One of the longest-running major exchanges, operating continuously (as Huobi, then HTX) since 2013, with deep liquidity and a wide asset listing
- Broad, genuinely full-featured product lineup: spot, margin, futures, and options under one account, with fee discounts for token holders
- Publishes regular proof-of-reserves attestations across major assets
- Wider licensing footprint than most offshore-only competitors, including a Dubai VARA license
This table is generated from the same data behind our individual exchange reviews. See methodology for how it's put together. Fee figures marked "not yet verified" need confirming against live terms before this page is treated as launch-ready.