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Every state-changing event for HTX: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-28 08:20:55Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"209069f2-af57-47e8-baef-8d5873d176e2","kind":"publish","page_slug":"htx","published_at":"2026-05-28T08:20:54.983Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"HTX","sections":[{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTX_(cryptocurrency_exchange)","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.theblock.co/post/250931/justin-sun-hopes-htx-rebrand-will-help-exchange-keep-pace-with-rivals-global-expansion","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://protos.com/justin-sun-advised-htx-plays-games-with-its-reserves/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.elliptic.co/blog/uk-designates-cryptoasset-exchanges-in-sweeping-new-sanctions-package","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/uk-sanctions-crypto-entities-russian-trade-blockade-evasion-may-2026/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/crypto-firm-htx-sanctioned-by-uk-for-helping-kremlin-move-money","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/htx-denies-uk-sanctions-tied-to-russia/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/27/major-crypto-exchanges-increase-transfer-scrutiny-with-htx-over-uk-sanctions","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/25/crypto-exchange-htx-lost-8m-of-ether-due-to-a-hack-justin-sun-says","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptoslate.com/huobi-hacker-returns-4997-eth-stolen-via-hot-wallet-breach-receives-400k-bounty/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/23/htx-heco-chain-crypto-hack-115-million-stolen-so-far.html","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.theblock.co/post/284107/heco-bridge-exploiters-launder-145-million-usd-eth-tornado-cash","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hacken.io/insights/heco-bridge-hack-explained/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://decrypt.co/205465/justin-sun-owned-crypto-exchange-poloniex-hacked-60m","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023-59","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/22/tron-founder-justin-sun-sued-by-us-sec-on-securities-market-manipulation-charges","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-23/sec-case-against-crypto-mogul-sun-stirs-questions-over-huobi","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://protos.com/justin-sun-advised-htx-plays-games-with-its-reserves/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://protos.com/justin-sun-stored-usdd-reserves-at-htx-for-proof-of-reserves/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://protos.com/someone-is-taking-advantage-of-htxs-reserves/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-action-against-htx-illegal-financial-promotions","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/huobicom-htxcom-htx-and-or-huobi-global-and-or-huobi","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptobriefing.com/fca-legal-action-against-htx/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/27/htx-withdraws-hong-kong-crypto-exchange-application","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptonews.com/news/htx-withdraws-hong-kong-crypto-license-application-again/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/01/19/htx-services-restored-after-exchange-hit-by-ddos-attack-justin-sun","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://dailyhodl.com/2024/01/20/crypto-exchange-giant-htx-hit-with-ddos-attack-justin-sun-says-user-funds-are-safe/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/13/htx-poloniex-assets-are-100-safe-says-justin-sun-after-200m-hack","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/htx-denies-uk-sanctions-tied-to-russia/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://protos.com/htx-misrepresents-huobi-global-s-a-after-uk-sanctions/","typ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(formerly Huobi Global) is one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, rebranded in September 2023 following the de facto acquisition of Huobi by interests linked to Justin Sun in late 2022. The exchange has suffered at least three significant security incidents totaling over $130 million in losses since September 2023, and in May 2026 was sanctioned by the UK government for alleged facilitation of Russian sanctions evasion — the first such crypto-exchange designation under the UK Russia sanctions framework. HTX also faces FCA legal proceedings over illegal financial promotions to UK consumers, has withdrawn its Hong Kong licensing applications twice, and has been publicly criticized for opaque reserve practices.","timeline":[{"date":"2022-10-01","event":"Huobi Global acquired by About Capital Management; Justin Sun joins as global adviser.","source":""},{"date":"2023-03-22","event":"SEC files charges against Justin Sun, Tron Foundation, and BitTorrent for unregistered securities and market manipulation involving TRX and BTT; Huobi/HTX reserves flagged as holding ~18% TRX.","source":""},{"date":"2023-09-14","event":"Huobi Global officially rebrands to HTX.","source":""},{"date":"2023-09-24","event":"HTX hot wallet breached; 4,999 ETH (~$7.9 million) stolen via private key compromise.","source":""},{"date":"2023-10-08","event":"UK FCA places HTX on its Warning List on the day the UK crypto financial promotions regime takes effect.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-10","event":"Justin Sun-linked Poloniex exchange hacked for approximately $126–132 million.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-22","event":"HTX hot wallets and HECO Chain bridge simultaneously exploited; combined losses estimated at $100–115 million.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-19","event":"HTX services disrupted for ~15 minutes by a DDoS attack; Justin Sun confirms user funds safe.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-25","event":"HECO Chain formally discontinued.","source":""},{"date":"2024-02-26","event":"HTX resubmits Hong Kong SFC virtual asset trading platform license application.","source":""},{"date":"2024-05-14","event":"HTX withdraws Hong Kong SFC application a second time; SFC orders Huobi HK operations to cease by August 2024.","source":""},{"date":"2024-07-08","event":"Protos publishes investigation alleging HTX reserves include double-counted TRX and substantial Sun-controlled synthetic assets.","source":""},{"date":"2026-02-10","event":"UK FCA initiates legal proceedings against HTX for illegal financial promotions — first such action against a crypto exchange in the UK.","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-26","event":"UK government sanctions Huobi Global S.A. (HTX) under the Russia sanctions framework for alleged facilitation of Russian sanctions evasion via A7 network and Garantex. First crypto exchange designated under Regulation 17A.","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-27","event":"Major crypto exchanges increase transfer scrutiny involving HTX following UK sanctions; HTX denies all allegations.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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2. #2reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-06-13 19:26:29Z
   Score: 18 → 18 (no score change)
   The page's core factual record — guilty plea, settlement amount, sentencing, incarceration dates, pardon, Hamas lawsuit, and the 2026 Fortune/DOJ investigation — is well-supported by Tier 1 and Tier 2 sources. The most significant problems are: (1) an internal contradiction on Zhao's birth date (summary says February 10, timeline says February 5, and neither is corroborated by authoritative sources); (2) the personal fine is understated at $50M when the CFTC separately imposed $150M in civil penalties; and (3) all section content fields are empty, meaning the page is effectively a summary-and-timeline stub without narrative elaboration. The cited source URLs are plausible and point to real outlets, though several could not be fetched directly due to paywalls or 403 errors.
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3. #3review reviseby judgejudge

   2026-06-13 19:26:29Z
   Score: 18 → 8 (-10)
   The page's core legal and event record — guilty plea, $4.3 billion settlement, four-month sentence, incarceration dates, October 2025 pardon, Hamas lawsuit, and the March 2026 DOJ/Fortune Iran investigation — is robustly confirmed by multiple Tier 1 sources with no link rot or stale citations. The reviewer's computed disputed_pct of 12% (one disputed claim out of 17) places this in the minor-issues band. The single disputed claim, claim_findings[0], concerns the birth date stated as February 10, which conflicts with the timeline's own February 5 entry and is unconfirmed by any authoritative source — an internal inconsistency on a peripheral biographical detail, not a core allegation. The most material accuracy gap is claim_findings[8]: the page states a $50 million personal fine but omits the separate $150 million CFTC civil penalty, understating total personal monetary exposure by $100 million. Additionally, all eight section content fields are empty (coverage_gaps[0], priority: high), making the page a summary-and-timeline stub that requires substantive narrative expansion before it meets publication standards.
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4. #4reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-06-13 19:31:29Z
   Score: 8 → 8 (no score change)
   The HTX investigation page is substantially accurate on its major claims. The UK sanctions (May 2026), FCA legal proceedings (February 2026), Hong Kong license withdrawals (2024), and September/November 2023 security breaches are all confirmed by credible sources. One material factual error was found: the timeline states HECO Chain was 'formally discontinued' on January 25, 2024, but available sources indicate the shutdown was announced in November 2024 with operations ending January 15, 2025. The '$130 million in losses since September 2023' claim in the summary conflates HTX-specific losses with those of the separately-operated Poloniex exchange. All nine sections have empty content fields, meaning the page's narrative is limited to summary and timeline.
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5. #5review reviseby judgejudge

   2026-06-13 19:31:29Z
   Score: 8 → 3 (-5)
   The HTX page is substantially accurate: 14 of 20 claims are confirmed, the UK sanctions, FCA proceedings, and 2023 security breaches are all well-sourced, and the reviewer's confidence is 0.82. Two issues warrant revision before the page is considered final. First, claim_findings[1] (summary) conflates HTX-specific losses with the separately operated Poloniex exchange, causing the '$130 million in three incidents' figure to overstate HTX's own losses — the two confirmed HTX incidents total roughly $99–115 million. Second, claim_findings[8] (timeline entry for HECO Chain discontinuation) states January 25, 2024 as the formal shutdown date, but available sources show the retirement was announced in November 2024 with operations ending January 15, 2025 — an approximately one-year error. The disputed percentage is 5%, within the approve band, but these two corrections affect the page's summary-level accuracy and should be made before sign-off.
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6. #6reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-06-14 23:15:54Z
   Score: 3 → 3 (no score change)
   Blue-chip calibration review (Prompt A). Verdict: over-penalized. Page content is treated as accurate; the trust_score band is miscalibrated. HTX (formerly Huobi) is a major cryptocurrency exchange with 55 million registered users and $3.3 trillion in 2025 trading volume — it is a legitimate, operating business, not an exit scam or Ponzi scheme. The current score of 18 (CRITICAL, fraud band) is over-penalized. The security incidents driving the score were external hacks suffered by HTX: the September 2023 $7.9M hot wallet theft and November 2023 ~$97-115M combined HECO bridge and hot wallet exploit, both attributed to external attackers, with HTX compensating affected users. The more serious concerns are forward-looking regulatory risks: the UK FCDO's May 2026 sanctions designation for alleged Russia sanctions evasion ($1.5B in alleged flows through Garantex/Grinex) is genuinely severe and unprecedented (first crypto exchange sanctioned under this framework), and FCA legal proceedings for illegal UK financial promotions are confirmed. Additionally, reserve opacity is a material concern — Protos documented that HTX's PoR conflates liquid USDT with Sun-linked stUSDT, lent-out Aave positions, and wrapped tokens. Justin Sun's pending SEC fraud charges (no conviction) add further governance risk. Taken together, these factors justify a WARNING band score around 28: elevated fraud/loss risk with serious unresolved regulatory and sanctions issues, but not evidence of direct fraud against users that would warrant CRITICAL.
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7. #7review approveby judgejudge

   2026-06-14 23:15:54Z
   Score: 3 → 28 (+25)
   All six claim findings in the review are supported with 0% disputed content. The review confirms HTX is a legitimate, actively operating exchange (approximately 55 million registered users, $3.3 trillion in 2025 trading volume — claim_findings[0]), and that the primary security losses — the September 2023 $7.9M hot wallet theft and November 2023 ~$97–115M HECO bridge/hot wallet exploit (claim_findings[1]) — were external attacks suffered by HTX, with user compensation provided. The current score of 18 (CRITICAL/fraud band) misapplies band semantics to an exchange that is a hack victim, not a fraud perpetrator. The page accurately documents genuinely serious ongoing concerns — UK FCDO sanctions for alleged Russia evasion (claim_findings[2]), FCA legal proceedings for illegal promotions (claim_findings[3]), material reserve opacity (claim_findings[4]), and Justin Sun's pending SEC charges (claim_findings[5]) — which together support an elevated WARNING band score of 28. The page content is accurate, stands as published, and requires no revision; only the trust score band requires correction upward to reflect the WARNING classification appropriate to a legitimate exchange carrying serious but unresolved regulatory and governance risks.
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