In short: the difference
HTX is an ecosystem with its own set of services. On the market since 2013, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own HTX token.
BigONE is an exchange with services around the trading. On the market since 2017, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own ONE token.
What HTX gives you
The rival’s service list is wide, yet HTX wins on other things: A venue with history since 2013 and the cheapest USDT withdrawal we cover — 0.001 on BTT. Spot across nearly six hundred pairs, perpetual futures, P2P in dozens of currencies, savings and staking under HTX Earn, Primepool launches and copy trading. Thirteen withdrawal networks.
Strong sides: the cheapest USDT withdrawal we cover, a broad P2P, running since 2013.
What BigONE gives you
Compared with an ecosystem, BigONE leans on its own strengths: A veteran of this comparison: the exchange opened in 2017, put together by a team that came out of Yunbi. The list holds some nine hundred spot pairs and a hundred perpetual contracts, each with an open funding rate, accrual interval and mark price. Margin, leveraged tokens and staking all work here, and the ONE token cuts the fee. The venue publishes everything, down to the size at the best quote.
Strong sides: ~900 pairs and 100 contracts, best quotes with sizes, an open network directory with withdrawal fees, the ONE token for discounts.
What decides it
- Age. HTX has run since 2013, BigONE since 2017 — a gap of 4 years. It guarantees nothing on its own, but the older venue has been through more market cycles.
- Native tokens. HTX has HTX, BigONE has ONE: holders usually get fee discounts and access to launches.
- Strengths side by side. HTX: the cheapest USDT withdrawal we cover, a broad P2P, running since 2013; BigONE: ~900 pairs and 100 contracts, best quotes with sizes, an open network directory with withdrawal fees, the ONE token for discounts.
- Which job. HTX is for anyone who moves coins between venues often, while BigONE is as an additional venue in spot routes and funding.
- Worth remembering. HTX: the spot fee is above the average here — keep it in your maths. BigONE: the top of the book is thin: on major coins the best price often holds only a hundred dollars or two.
Which one fits you
HTX — for anyone who moves coins between venues often.
BigONE — as an additional venue in spot routes and funding.
What people ask most
HTX: What else does HTX offer? Almost six hundred spot pairs, over three hundred and fifty perpetual contracts, HTX Earn savings and staking, Primepool and Primelist launches, copy trading and its own discount token.
HTX: How tied to Tron is the exchange? Closely, and that pays off in practice: TRON transfer terms here are among the best, and ecosystem assets are widely represented.
HTX: Is there P2P? Yes, a broad section covering dozens of currencies. The usual flow: pick an offer, pay the seller, the crypto leaves escrow.
BigONE: Why are spreads on BigONE often large? Because the top of the book is thin: the size at the best price is often a hundred dollars or two. The percentage on screen is real, but it fills only for that much. Use the «depth» button before trading.
BigONE: Is the transfer status visible for BigONE? Yes, in full. The venue publishes networks, deposit and withdrawal statuses and the fee per chain, so its routes carry the ordinary transfer badge and the fee is subtracted from the net spread straight away.
BigONE: Does BigONE take part in your arbitrage sections? Yes, all of them. The exchange serves best quotes together with their sizes, so we can compute both the spread and the ceiling it fills at — which matters especially on a venue like this.
Both at once
You do not have to pick one. Two accounts give you a fallback when the coin or network you need exists only on the other venue. It makes sense to split the jobs: spot and earn on one, bots and launches on the other. Balances are pre-funded, so no transfer is needed at the moment of a trade.
Live numbers
Everything in the table above is recomputed together with the rest of the site — pairs, contracts, P2P, networks and the withdrawal fee. HTX and BigONE can be compared on facts rather than promises.
What the numbers say
The cheapest chain for USDT sits on HTX: BSC at 0.0100, where BigONE charges 0.85 ETH. Of the pair, only HTX feeds our P2P scanner, 89 currencies. For USDT withdrawals HTX offers 13 networks and BigONE offers 8; one extra chain is sometimes the whole saving. HTX carries more perpetuals: 399 where the other has 97. Spot is wider on BigONE: 878 USDT pairs against 578, a gap of 1.5×.
Snapshot from 31 October 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.
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