Huobi HTX releases the "Huobi Select" January Asset Growth Ranking: Capturing Alpha against the trend, multi-track assets outperform the market

In January 2026, macro uncertainty combined with market liquidity contraction led to a downward trend in mainstream crypto assets, with risk appetite continuing to decline. In such a severe downturn, the question of "can we find assets that are still rising" has become a challenge for all trading platforms and investors.

Huobi HTX insists on a core strategy of long-termism and professional selection, quickly responding to the real demands of the market while executing a strict asset selection strategy. It filters high-quality projects with genuine attention, community consensus, and stage narratives from various tracks such as Meme, AI, privacy, public chains, and DeFi. Data from the platform in January showed that several assets still achieved impressive gains amid an overall sluggish market, capturing Alpha against the trend.

"Not Easy" in a Bear Market: "Whatever is hot, we go for it," selected assets outperforming the market average

A market downturn does not mean opportunities disappear; rather, it signifies that the difficulty of selection has increased exponentially. As Huobi HTX global advisor Sun Yuchen stated, "For assets that are on fire, whatever is hot, we go for it." Among the multiple assets launched by Huobi HTX in January, it maintained a commitment to long-term tracks while quickly responding to real market demands when short-term hotspots emerged, providing users with more choices under controllable risks, showcasing significant wealth effects. Among them, the newly launched project RIVER has seen a minimum price of 17 USDT and a maximum of 88.8 USDT since its launch on January 16, achieving a maximum increase of 422%; DUSK rose from 0.0375 USDT to 0.32 USDT, with a monthly increase of 753.3%.

In an overall pressured market environment, the ability of new coins to achieve several times growth in a short period is already a rare phenomenon. Behind this is Huobi HTX's continuous tracking and rapid response to market sentiment, capital flow, and narrative rhythm.

Meme Track: Structural Opportunities in Emotional Games

The Meme track remains one of the most active directions in the January market. In an environment with limited liquidity, projects with high consensus and topical attributes can still attract concentrated capital for speculation.

PEPE once surged to 0.0000071 USDT, with a monthly increase of 82.1%, becoming one of the representative assets to rebound first in this round of the Meme track. BONK (Bonk) is the first community-led Dogecoin on the Solana blockchain, with a monthly increase of 78.1%, demonstrating that established Meme projects still have capital support in a weak market. NEIRO (Neiro) achieved a maximum increase of 66.3% after its launch, showing stable performance. BROCCOLI (CZ's Dog) leveraged its strong topical attributes and community attention, with its price rising from 0.0149 USDT to 0.043 USDT, an increase of 188.6%.

Additionally, Huobi HTX's early layout in the Chinese Meme direction is particularly noteworthy. Huobi HTX launched "Binance Life" and "I’m Here" first, with monthly increases of 172.7% and 441.7%, respectively, and launched 83 days ahead of Binance.

AI and Cross-Chain: Incremental Certainty Driven by Narratives

The AI and cross-chain tracks remain relatively logical directions for the medium to long term in the market. VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is an "AI character economy" ecological protocol that allows developers to create AI Agents that can interact, trade, and evolve autonomously. With the explosive growth of the x402 ecosystem, the community and developer ecosystem continue to expand, making it one of the representative assets in the AI track, with a monthly increase of 90.3%, showing an independent trend amid market fluctuations.

RIVER (River) is building a chain-abstract stablecoin system that connects assets, liquidity, and yields across multiple blockchains. As one of the standout assets in the cross-chain track, River quickly gained market attention after its launch due to its clear technical positioning and capital backing, achieving a maximum increase of over 422%, becoming one of the most representative Alpha projects in January's "Huobi Select."

Privacy and DeFi: Underestimated Value Recovery Market

The privacy track has maintained its popularity for a long time, with clear hot rotations from major coins like ZEC to XMR to small-cap DUSK. DUSK (Dusk Network) is a blockchain platform designed for regulatory and decentralized finance, focusing on the issuance of digital securities as Europe's first blockchain-based stock exchange. DUSK's price rose from 0.0375 USDT to 0.32 USDT, with a monthly increase of 753.3%, indicating a gradual return of the long-term narrative in the privacy track. ZKP (zkPass) is an oracle network based on zkTLS, with a monthly increase of 103.7%, showing continuous progress in the zero-knowledge and privacy direction at the infrastructure level. GWEI (ETHGas) is an Ethereum infrastructure protocol focused on reducing transaction latency. As a DeFi-related asset, GWEI had a monthly increase of 157.9%, representing a structural opportunity within its niche track.

A bear market does not mean there are no opportunities; it simply means opportunities are scarcer. Huobi HTX will continue to help users capture truly Alpha-quality projects in a complex and changing market environment through a professional, prudent, and forward-looking asset selection system. In the future, Huobi HTX will also continue to cover more new tracks and narratives, working with users to navigate cycles and welcome the next round of market recovery.

About Huobi HTX

Founded in 2013, Huobi HTX has developed over 12 years from a cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive blockchain business ecosystem, covering digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investment, incubation, and other businesses.

As a leading global Web3 portal, Huobi HTX adheres to a development strategy of global expansion, ecological prosperity, wealth effect, and safety compliance, providing comprehensive, safe, and reliable value and services for virtual currency enthusiasts worldwide.

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