According to a press release obtained by U.Today, Singapore-based exchange Huobi continues to reduce the supply of its native Huobi Token. In Q3, it burned $40.63 mln worth of HT, which represents a 70.6 percent increase compared to the previous year.
Huobi purchases back outstanding tokens from investors in order to reduce the circulating supply of HT and stabilize its price. It is worth noting that the amount of tokens it burns every quarter depends on particular market conditions.
The company cites the success of its spot trading and derivatives trading markets as the main reason for another token burn.
Huobi Token is the second-largest exchange coin token after Binance Coin (BNB). At press time, the coin's price is sitting at $3.46 with its market cap exceeding $810 mln, according to CoinStatsData.
Huobi Global CEO Livio Weng claims that the cryptocurrency plays "a core role" in the Huobi ecosystem.
"Huobi Token plays a core role in the Huobi ecosystem. The continued growth from Huobi’s token burns reflects the community’s active participation and optimistic outlook for our efforts to provide users with new services, lower fees, and a secure platform to trade on."
One of the oldest crypto trading platforms has already burned 13.8 percent of its native coin's circulating supply, which is currently sitting at 234,205,522.92 HT.
Valeria Blokhina
