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Before depositing to HTX (formerly Huobi), screen your wallet for sanctions and mixer exposure that can trigger a freeze; Plastron's free preview flags it with no account, and a free account unlocks the full risk verdict across seven EVM chains.

HTX Wallet Check

HTX — formerly Huobi — serves tens of millions of users across Asia and beyond. Their compliance posture has shifted significantly since the rebrand.

Huobi rebranded to HTX in 2023, a change that coincided with a significant restructuring of the exchange's regulatory approach. Originally founded in China in 2013, Huobi was forced to exit the Chinese market following the 2021 crypto ban and subsequently relocated operations to the Seychelles. The rebrand under new ownership came with strengthened KYC and AML policies designed to facilitate regulatory licenses in new markets including Hong Kong. HTX applies blockchain analytics to all deposits and runs compliance screening that reflects their expanded regulatory footprint. For users, the transition from Huobi to HTX marked a shift toward more aggressive AML enforcement: compliance holds, documentation requests, and account reviews that were relatively rare under the old brand became more common after the rebrand as the new management worked to establish regulatory credibility. HTX also maintains a significant share of the Asian cryptocurrency market and therefore encounters a wide range of counterparty profiles including addresses linked to regional scam operations and laundering networks that operate primarily in Asia-Pacific. Understanding your wallet's risk profile before depositing is important given this more complex compliance environment.

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What Plastron does for HTX wallet check

Asia-Pacific Risk Coverage

Plastron's known-address database includes entities identified through CryptoScamDB, Forta threat intelligence, and curated community threat intel — covering scam and phishing patterns common in Asia-Pacific markets where HTX's user base concentrates. We flag any of your counterparties that match these patterns and include them in your risk score.

Full Counterparty AML Pre-Check

We analyze up to 1,000 ETH transactions and 1,000 ERC-20 token transfers from your wallet, mapping every counterparty and checking them against OFAC, mixers, stolen fund addresses, and the full six-category risk framework. The resulting report reflects the compliance profile your wallet presents to HTX at deposit.

Free and Non-Custodial

Plastron scans are read-only — we analyze your public on-chain history without requesting wallet connection signatures or transaction approvals. Connect, scan, and see an instant free read with no account. Sign in free and your full AML risk report is ready in under 30 seconds, with no data stored beyond the 15-minute cache needed to serve your result.

What counts as a red flag

Sanctions
OFAC SDN-listed addresses. Direct or indirect exposure flags your wallet instantly.
Fraud
Scam tokens, rug pulls, and pig-butchering schemes. The fastest-growing category of crypto crime.
Phishing
Known phishing wallets and address poisoning campaigns. These drain victims through deception.
Mixer
Tornado Cash, Railgun and other labelled mixing protocols. Interaction with these services is a major red flag.
20M+
Registered HTX users worldwide
Source: HTX
2023
Year Huobi rebranded to HTX under new ownership
Source: HTX press release
10+
Regulatory jurisdictions where HTX is pursuing licenses
Source: HTX regulatory page

Coverage, in numbers

Measured from Plastron’s own screening corpus, rebuilt on every deploy.

5
HTX addresses labelled
recognised as exchange wallets, not counted as risk
8,571
labelled addresses screened
matched on every scan, refreshed at each deploy
1,047
OFAC SDN crypto addresses
across 14 chains

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