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According to official social media channels, Huobi HTX will host a live broadcast today at 20:00 titled “ADP Surprise, Non-Farm Payrolls Counter Expectations, September Rate Hike Hinges Solely on CPI: $80K Level for $BTC, a Bull Fortress or a Trap?” At the event, crypto KOLs including DaDa, Zhenrong Shuo, Crypto Big Brother, and Grace will join the livestream studio to discuss the latest US employment data, CPI trends, and the Federal Reserve’s September policy expectations. Integrating current market liquidity and capital sentiment, they will analyze the bull-bear dynamics around the $80,000 threshold for BTC and assess subsequent market opportunities.
Chloe, columnist for HTX DeepThink and researcher at HTX Research, noted that August non-farm payrolls rose by 162,000, significantly beating expectations, while the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, largely eroding the trading narrative that a sharp jobs decline would force the Fed to pause. Market attention has now turned to this week's CPI: robust employment does not obligate the Fed to raise rates, but it affords it greater policy flexibility. With Warsh declining to precommit at Jackson Hole, this week's inflation figures will act as the first genuine stress test for the new policy framework. Should core CPI fail to register a convincing pullback, staying the course may damage the Fed’s credibility in tackling inflation.
According to official social media reports, HTX will host a debate today at 20:00 titled "The Fed Drops Forward Guidance: Regaining Independence or Triggering Market Panic?". Affirmative speakers will include Li Qian, Guo Bao, Wan Qiu, and yuli, who will debate against negative panelists Mr. Mis, Zizi, 0xmeg, and Qingfeng. The discussion will focus on how the Fed's reduction of forward guidance may affect policy transparency, market expectations, and asset pricing shifts. Additionally, they will examine how US stocks, gold, and digital assets may undergo repricing against a backdrop of escalating monetary policy uncertainty.
According to Bloomberg, digital asset exchange Kraken stated that some customer accounts were temporarily locked after receiving small cryptocurrency transfers from wallets linked to the sanctioned exchange HTX. Kraken refers to such transfers as "dust attacks," which involve sending tiny involuntary transactions to disrupt or manipulate other cryptocurrency users. In this incident, Kraken believes the attackers' objective was likely to trigger the platform's compliance review by spreading sanctioned funds.
Odaily News - The Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has opened its licensing portal. Enterprises that provided virtual asset services on or before March 5 must apply for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by September 5, or cease operations; continuing to operate without submitting an application after the deadline will constitute a violation of the law.The new regulations cover exchange, custody, broker-dealer, lending, derivatives, asset management, token issuance, and mining-related services. Service providers may first apply for an NOC, or enter PVARA's regulatory sandbox to test products before applying for a full license.Licensed institutions must segregate client assets from their own assets, and may not lend or stake customer assets without written consent, while also meeting requirements for governance, market conduct, cybersecurity, operational resilience, and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures. PVARA has already issued NOCs to enterprises such as Binance and HTX. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will stop processing transactions involving 16 crypto asset service providers, with restrictions taking effect in three batches on August 7, August 13, and August 23. Users will not be allowed to send or receive assets directly or indirectly with the relevant entities after the corresponding dates. The affected platforms include Shelbit, Aban Tether Exchange, A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, HTX, EXMO, Rapira, Bitpapa, and Exnode, among others. Transactions initiated after the effective dates may be temporarily withheld and subject to compliance review, and affected wallets may face temporary restrictions. The United States has imposed sanctions on Shelbit and Aban Tether, which are linked to an Iranian crypto network; the UK has also imposed sanctions on Russia-related trading platforms and the A7 network. A7 claims it transferred over $90 billion in funds last year. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Binance's official announcement, due to recent changes in regulatory requirements, Binance will stop processing relevant transactions involving multiple crypto asset service providers in batches. Among them, platforms such as HTX (Huobi Global SA), EXMO Ltd, BitPapa, and Rapira will take effect from August 23, 2026. Previously, Shelbit and Aban Tether Exchange took effect on August 7, and A7 Nigeria, PilotFinance Ltd, and others took effect on August 13. Binance reminds that if users attempt to trade with relevant entities after the above dates, they will face additional compliance reviews, and relevant wallets may be restricted.
HTX DeepThink columnist and HTX Research analyst Chloe (@ChloeTalk1) pointed out in her analysis that the core contradiction in the current macro market has shifted from "when the Fed will cut rates" to "whether the Fed needs to raise rates again." Warsh attempted to reduce the impact of single-month data on policy, but since his policy framework has not been fully understood by the market, July and August inflation data have instead become the key variables determining September policy expectations. If core CPI remains at 0.2% or below, the market will re-trade inflation decline and policy pause; if it consecutively exceeds expectations, the Fed will face a binary choice of "raise rates or lose credibility."
HTX DeepThink columnist and HTX Research analyst Chloe (@ChloeTalk1) pointed out in her analysis that global risk assets continued to come under pressure this week. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh attempted to weaken forward guidance (Forward Guidance) for the first time, hoping to make market prices a more direct economic feedback mechanism. However, the market did not interpret the rise in long-term interest rates as a natural tightening of financial conditions, but instead interpreted it as inflation risks resurfacing and a decline in Federal Reserve policy credibility. The 30-year US Treasury yield rose to 5.2%, the US dollar weakened, and US stocks retreated, reflecting that investors are beginning to demand higher risk premiums rather than betting on an improvement in economic fundamentals.
According to official social media channels, Huobi HTX will host a themed debate competition at 20:00 today titled "Life-or-Death Showdown Between Privacy and Regulation: Will Privacy Coins Ultimately Be Eliminated, or Will They Surge in the Darkest Hour?" During the event, Yige, Goubao, Draco, and Qiangge, as representatives of the affirmative side, will debate against negative side representatives DaDa, ZuoZuoMuXingYe, Huoshange, and FomoDao, engaging in a fierce exchange on hot topics such as the future development of privacy coins, regulatory pressure, technical value, and market demand.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX will host a themed live stream today at 20:00 titled "Ceasefire Ends, Oil Price Surges Past 75, STRATEGY Sells Coins at Loss for First Time: Can BTC's Macro Narrative Still Hold?" During the event, crypto KOLs such as HuaBai Blockchain, Sincere Little Taoist, Crypto.0824, and OxPink will gather in the live stream room to conduct in-depth discussions on recent market hotspots such as the fluctuating situation in the Middle East and the strong upward trend in international oil prices, and combine Federal Reserve policy expectations to analyze BTC's future trend as well as crypto asset allocation opportunities and risk management strategies, providing investors with multi-dimensional market observations and trading ideas.
on-chain detective ZachXBT stated on platform X that the UK's recent inclusion of HTX in crypto sanctions lists constitutes overregulation.ZachXBT pointed out that, compared to previously sanctioned entities such as Huione, Blender, and Hydra, HTX has a large number of retail users in Asia. Placing HTX on the sanctions list has linked numerous legitimate on-chain addresses to the sanctions regime, worsening the issue of address contamination and gradually rendering the "risk" tag itself meaningless. He noted that while tracking on-chain cases, he has already been forced to ignore tags related to the sanctions category.Furthermore, ZachXBT also criticized UK regulators for failing to uncover a money laundering case involving $1.25 billion, arguing that this aligns with long-standing issues in how the UK handles crypto-related cases.
Chloe (@ChloeTalk1), a columnist for HTX DeepThink and researcher at HTX Research, analyzed that the current crypto market is operating within a more complex macroeconomic pricing environment. The divergence between the U.S.’s two core inflation indicators is widening: core PCE has risen to 3.3%, while core CPI stands at 2.8%. On the surface, inflation does not appear to be spiraling upward uncontrollably; however, the PCE measure—preferred by the Federal Reserve—remains notably above the central bank’s 2% policy target, thereby eroding market bets on interest-rate cuts.
HTX has always actively embraced compliance and is willing to cooperate with all relevant parties in reviews and communications to resolve misunderstandings as soon as possible.
Odaily News, HTX official staff stated that some overseas security agencies have applied a "one-size-fits-all" risk labeling approach to platform-related addresses, affecting the fund transfer experience of some normal users and triggering market panic and various speculations, which involve significant misjudgments and information discrepancies. Currently, HTX's compliance, security, and legal teams are actively communicating with the relevant agencies. Previously, several centralized exchanges indicated that fund transfers or related transactions with HTX may face additional compliance reviews or restrictive measures.
According to an official social media announcement, HTX will host a live-streaming event titled “The Most Crypto-Savvy Fed Chair Has Arrived: Can Bitcoin Enter a Policy Honeymoon Period?” at 8:00 PM today (UTC+8). This event will take the form of a debate, with participants 0xpink, Amber, Zizhong, and Maomaojie facing off against Xiao Nezha, Dalin, Dabiaoge, and 0xmoon to engage in an in-depth discussion on expectations for Federal Reserve policy shifts, macro-level liquidity trends, and Bitcoin’s outlook.
Chloe (@ChloeTalk1), a columnist for HTX DeepThink and researcher at HTX Research, analyzed that Kevin Warsh’s formal confirmation as Federal Reserve Chair on May 14—by an extremely narrow Senate vote—marks the completion of the most contentious leadership transition at the Fed in decades. Global risk assets, especially the crypto market, are now entering a new phase characterized by “high volatility + high uncertainty.” The biggest current market contradiction lies in the head-on clash between “political pressure for rate cuts” and “real-world inflationary pressures.” Trump continues to demand rapid rate cuts to stabilize the financial environment ahead of the midterm elections. Yet the latest U.S. PPI year-on-year reading stands at 6%, with core PPI at 5.2%—both significantly exceeding market expectations—indicating that energy price increases driven by the Iran war have begun spreading across broader goods and services. Warsh’s stance proves more complex than market expectations. Though viewed by the Trump camp as a candidate “more willing to cut rates,” his long-standing intellectual framework is fundamentally hawkish: he has repeatedly criticized the Fed for excessive market intervention and long opposed unlimited balance-sheet expansion. What he truly advocates is not traditional large-scale monetary easing, but rather a “low-interest-rate environment without QE”: shrinking the balance sheet, reducing market intervention, and simultaneously curbing inflation via AI-driven productivity gains and regulatory relaxation. This implies that the future U.S. dollar liquidity environment will likely differ sharply from the era of unlimited QE seen in 2020–2021.
According to the HTX (formerly Huobi) announcement, HTX has enabled deposits for TWT and BILL tokens as of May 7 at 16:00 (GMT+8). Spot trading and grid trading for TWT/USDT and BILL/USDT will go live on May 7 at 18:00 and 19:00 (GMT+8), respectively. Withdrawals for TWT and BILL will be available on May 8 at 18:00 and 19:00 (GMT+8), respectively. Trust Wallet is a popular cryptocurrency hot wallet that allows users to retain full control over their funds. Its core feature is an integrated DApp browser offering a curated selection of decentralized applications, enabling direct staking and token trading. Billions Network is a universal “human-and-AI” collaboration network. It enables anyone to prove, in seconds, that they are a real and unique individual on-chain—without revealing any underlying personal data—providing humanity with a way to rebuild trust in every digital interaction and securely leverage AI agents.
Chloe (@ChloeTalk1), a columnist for HTX DeepThink and researcher at HTX Research, analyzes that the current macro framework for the crypto market has shifted from “liquidity trades awaiting rate cuts” to a constraining environment characterized by “higher-for-longer interest rates + sticky inflation + war-related shocks.” According to the latest Reuters survey, most economists have pushed back their expectations for rate cuts to after September, with nearly one-third believing no cuts will occur this year. The primary reason is that the Middle East conflict has driven up energy prices, pushing inflation trajectories higher once again and thereby constraining the Federal Reserve’s policy space. This shift directly undermines the two key narratives previously supporting crypto assets: expectations of liquidity easing and a declining interest-rate path. Elevated oil prices, coupled with consecutive upward revisions to PCE inflation expectations, increase the likelihood that interest rates will remain high—or even extend their elevated period—leading to a higher discount rate and shrinking risk budgets. As a result, marginal capital inflows into the crypto market are diminishing, and high-volatility assets broadly face mounting pressure.