HTX
PhemexIn short: the difference
How HTX differs from Phemex
HTX is an exchange with services around the trading. On the market since 2013, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own HTX token.
Phemex is a derivatives terminal. On the market since 2019, jurisdiction: Samoa.
What HTX gives you
Next to a derivatives terminal, HTX answers with something else: A 2013 veteran with a record-low exit: 0.001 per USDT on BTT, lower than anyone else we cover. Just under six hundred spot pairs, perpetual contracts, P2P in dozens of currencies, Earn savings and staking, Primepool for new coins and copy trading; thirteen networks to choose from.
Where HTX is strong
the cheapest USDT withdrawal we cover, a broad P2P, running since 2013.
What Phemex gives you
The rival’s service list is wide, yet Phemex wins on other things: A derivatives venue founded by people from bank trading desks. A hundred and fifty spot pairs and a hundred and twenty perpetuals, each with its own funding rate. There is savings, copy trading and trading bots. The book is even and the data is served openly, which makes its prices sound to compare with other venues.
Where Phemex is strong
an even book, open data, the funding interval stated per contract.
What decides it
Fees, withdrawals and limits: where the gap shows
- Age. HTX has run since 2013, Phemex since 2019 — a gap of 6 years. It guarantees nothing on its own, but the older venue has been through more market cycles.
- Jurisdiction. HTX sits in Seychelles, Phemex in Samoa. It shapes both the checks you pass and what the venue has to disclose.
- Native token. HTX on HTX cuts fees and opens launches; Phemex has no such lever.
- Strengths side by side. HTX: the cheapest USDT withdrawal we cover, a broad P2P, running since 2013; Phemex: an even book, open data, the funding interval stated per contract.
- Which job. HTX is for anyone who moves coins between venues often, while Phemex is as an additional venue in cross-exchange routes and funding.
- Worth remembering. HTX: the spot fee is above the average here — keep it in your maths. Phemex: a narrow listing next to the Asian venues.
Which one fits you
Who HTX suits
HTX — for anyone who moves coins between venues often.
Who Phemex suits
Phemex — as an additional venue in cross-exchange routes and funding.
What people ask most
Questions about HTX
HTX: Is there P2P here? Yes, with the exchange holding escrow: while a trade runs, the seller's coins stay frozen.
HTX: What fee do the trading bots charge? The venue warns plainly that a bot's rate need not match manual trading. Besides the fee on every fill, a strategy's cost includes funding, slippage and liquidation risk.
HTX: What does trading on HTX cost? The base spot rate is 0.20% both ways, above the average we cover. With Prime it falls to 0.0126% maker and 0.0218% taker. Contracts are 0.02% and 0.06% on USDT margin and 0.02% and 0.05% on coin margin.
Questions about Phemex
Phemex: What is the funding interval on Phemex? Eight hours for most contracts, and the exchange states it per contract. Our funding section annualises from the real interval rather than assuming eight hours.
Phemex: How many pairs and contracts does Phemex have? The exact counts are in the panel at the top of the page: they come from the same feed that drives our arbitrage sections. It is one of the smaller venues we cover, and the listing is tidy by design.
Phemex: Does Phemex have its own token? No. Instead there is the Premium subscription with reduced fees, so the discount does not depend on an asset price.
Both at once
When it makes sense to keep accounts on both HTX and Phemex
Nothing stops you from opening an account on both: it is free, and a pair of venues almost always beats any single one on price. Spot and earn stay on the ecosystem, contracts on the terminal. Moving between them costs pennies on the right network.
Live numbers
Live HTX and Phemex prices side by side
Everything in the table above is recomputed together with the rest of the site — pairs, contracts, P2P, networks and the withdrawal fee. HTX and Phemex can be compared on facts rather than promises.
Where these numbers come from
Prices are read straight from the venues and refresh automatically. There is no averaged rate here: each exchange has its own, which is why both are shown side by side.
How often they refresh
Spot and futures every few seconds; fee tiers and withdrawal networks once a day.
What the numbers say
Where the gap between HTX and Phemex is widest
P2P data comes from HTX only — 89 currencies. HTX carries more perpetuals: 415 where the other has 129. HTX is the one of the two with a published USDT withdrawal: 0.0100 on BSC. Counting spot pairs, HTX comes out ahead by 3.9×: 578 USDT pairs against 149.
What this comparison is built on
Pair counts, withdrawal networks, fee rates and the P2P currency list come from the exchanges own public interfaces. Where a venue withholds a field, the table shows a dash and an explanation.
How fresh this snapshot is
Snapshot from 13 November 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.
