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HT HTX VS OKX
Both exchanges offer Spot, Options. The differences below come from our individual reviews of HTX and OKX.
| HTX | OKX | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 | 2017 |
| Regions | 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. | Widely available; restricted or unavailable in some jurisdictions including the US for derivatives products: verify local availability before signing up. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Futures, Options | Spot, Perpetual futures, Options, Copy trading, Bots |
| Maker fee | 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 | Verify current tier: OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule |
| Taker fee | 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 | Verify current tier: OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule |
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
OKX pros
- One of the few exchanges offering deep futures, options, and copy trading in a single product
- Broad asset and derivatives coverage in one interface
- Established copy-trading and bot tooling alongside manual trading
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.