Its efforts were not in vain. Huobi’s team knew that it had a winning formula — it’s trading engine was fast, the UI was clean and responsive, and exchange security has optimal. The problem was that audiences outside of Asia had little trust in the exchange and had never given it a shot.

Binance’s success probably parlayed into an opening into the international market for Huobi. Binance, itself a Chinese exchange initially, became so popular and trusted that other Chinese exchanges began to seem less suspect. Huobi’s name recognition from being in the space so long certainly helped it go the distance for international audiences. Additionally, the introduction of both Huobi Token and, more recently, Huobi’s IEO platform Spotlight, have helped garner the exchange more attention than ever before.

Huobi’s renaissance since the 2017 conundrum has seen the ultimate confirmation — by the end of 2018, the exchange’s turnover was well over $1 trillion, securing its position as one of the world’s top three crypto exchanges. Over the years, the exchanges near-unrivaled growth has catapulted it into contention with Binance for designation as the world’s top crypto platform. However, Huobi has one major advantage of the rest — since its founding, Huobi has never suffered a large hack as have nearly all other exchanges.

So, all told, Huobi’s illustrious crypto history paired with top-ranked security, a simple and elegant user interface, and internationally focused packaging makes it an essential exchange for today’s crypto trader. There’s certainly more to Huobi than meets the eye, so let’s take a deeper look at the exchange’s offerings.

Opening an Account

As one might expect, opening an account with Huobi is simple and straightforward. The only thing to pay special attention to in the beginning is which version of Huobi you need. That’s determined by your country of residence. For most, the answer will be Huobi’s international site, but for Americans, Huobi US, or HBUS, is the answer. Whichever site you choose, always make sure to double then triple-check that the web address is correct to avoid being phished.

Admittedly, choosing the right Huobi site can be a bit complicated. There’s huobi.com, hbus.com, huobi.pro, and hbg.com — which is the correct site? The answer is all of them. Hopefully, Huobi management clears up its current excess of domain names which would also keep users safe from logging into scam sites.