Huobi Group

Huobi Group is one of the leading global^{[2][3][4][5][6]} blockchain asset financial service provider^{[7][8][9][10][11]},offering crypto investors a range of digital asset and financial services.Up to the present,Huobi has served millions of users from more than 130 countries and regions^[12] to participate in digital asset markets,having offices in Singapore, the United States,Japan,South Korea and Hong Kong,etcetera^[13].

Huobi has raised capital from investors including Dai Zhikang,Sequoia Capital and Zhen Fund(真格基金)^[14][15],and surpassed $850,000 million USD in total transaction volume in December 2017^[16].

• On May 15,2013,the group acquired the huobi.com domain^[17].
• On August 1,2013,it launched a simulation trading platform and holds their first Bitcoin Trading Contest.
• OnSeptember 1, 2013,it launched Bitcoin onto its trading platform.
• On November 5,2013,Huobi is awarded angel investment from Zhen Fund and Dai Zhikang^[14].
• On November 9,2013,its daily bitcoin volume exceeded 100 million yuan.
• In December 2013,the exchange of Huobi exceeded 30 billion yuan to become China's largest digital asset trading platform^[18].
• On March 4,2014,its daily bitcoin volumes reach 1.5 billion yuan and 350,000 bitcoin coins, establishing new record high for the global trading platform.
• On March 19, 2014,Litecoin transactions are introduced to the platform.
• In April 2014.its total transaction volume surpasses 120 billion yuan.
• On April 4, 2014,Huobi raised investment from Sequoia^[19].
• On December 15, 2014,it evolved into a P2P network, partnering with over 100 enterprises around the globe to accelerate innovation, learning, and product development.
• On April 25, 2015,it sponsord the Digital Asset Research Project at the Internet Finance Laboratory of Tsinghua University Wudaokou School of Finance(formerly the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China)^[20][21].
• On November 26, 2015,it traded 1.78 million bitcoins and 3.8 billion yuan.
• On December 12, 2015,its daily transaction volume exceeded 2.13 million bitcoin and 6.1 billion yuan.
• In June 2016,its total transaction volume reaches 1,000 billion RMB^[22].
• On July 1, 2016,the Huobi Network Blockchain Research Center publishes the first easy-to-understand, science-based, report "Blockchain: Defining a New Financial and Economic Future"^[23].
• On July 8, 2016,Huobi and the Internet Finance Laboratory of Wudaokou Finance Institute of Tsinghua University and Sina Technology jointly released the 2014-2016 Global Bitcoin Development Report.
• In November 2016,its total transaction volume all-time of the Huobi network reached 1.7 trillion yuan,accounting for more than 60% of the global bitcoin exchange market.
• On December 3, 2016,it won the Most Trustworthy Financial Enterprise of the Year 2016 award at the third annual "WeMedia Annual Conference",the largest media conference in China^[24].
• On December 20, 2016,Huobi joined the Fintech Digital Asset Alliance (Shenzhen) along with the Fintech Research Institute of China under the guidance of the Shenzhen Municipal Government^[25].
• On December 22, 2016,its daily transaction volume surpasses 200 billion yuan^[26].
• On December 23, 2016,Huobi won the 2016 Most Competitive Enterprise in Financial Technology in China award at the 2017 Zhongguancun Internet Finance Forum^[27].
• In July 2017,its total transaction volume reaches 4,000 billion yuan.
• In October 2017,Huobi officially expanded into Korea with a new headquarters in Seoul, South Korea^[28].
• In November 2017,it launched operations in Singapore with total volume in the first month exceeding 30 billion RMB^[29].
• In December 2017,it launched an office in Tokyo,Japan^[30].
• In December 2017,its total transaction volume exceeds 850,000 million USD^[31].

In October 2017, Huobi adjusted its business and organizational structure to continue global expansion^[28][32][33].

Huobi Pro

Huobi.Pro is an innovative digital asset trading platform headquartered in Singapore^[34][35].

Huobi USA

Huobi USA is headquartered in San Francisco,California,backed by a supportive, English-speaking customer service help system^[36][37].

Huobi Japan

Huobi Japan is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan,operational and localized for the Japanese market,backed by a supportive,Japanese-speaking customer service help system^[12][38].

Huobi South Korea

Huobi South Korea is headquartered in Seoul,South Korea,operational and localized for the Korean market,backed by a supportive,Korean-speaking customer service help system^[37][39].

Huobi Wallet

The Huobi Wallet provides users with safe,easy-to-use digital asset management services,and is operated from the company’s global headquarters in Beijing,China^[37][40].

Huobi Capital

Huobi Capital is an investment fund focused on the blockchain industry,headquartered in Hong Kong,China,which has raised $10 million^[41].

Huobi China

Research and Development is centered in Huobi China,where the team focuses on providing blockchain technology Research and development,industry consulting,education,and training services for Chinese blockchain ventures^[37][42].

Huobi Labs

Huobi Labs is a blockchain incubator,i.e.,dedicated to serving early-stage startups of blockchain industry,headquartered in San Francisco,the United States of America^[43].

Huobi Mining Pool

Huobi Mining Pool is a cryptocurrency mining pool based on Huobi.pro’s global network.

• In September 2013, Huobi Online launched with a daily transaction value of 1 million yuan.Fifty days later, online daily trading volume surpassed 10 million yuan.180 days after launch, daily trading volume exceeded 1.5 billion yuan^[46].
• On February 25, 2014,260,000 single-day bitcoin trades; 1 billion yuan^[47].
• On March 5, 2014,300,000 single-day bitcoin trades; 1.5 billion yuan.
• On November 4, 2015,950,000 single-day bitcoin trades; 2.2 billion yuan.
• On November 26, 2015,1.73 million single-day bitcoin trades; 3.8 billion yuan.
• On December 12, 2015,2.13 million single-day bitcoin trades; 6.1 billion yuan.
• On March 1, 2016,2.64 million single-day bitcoin trades; 7.7 billion yuan.
• On March 6, 2016,3.54 million single-day bitcoin trades; 9.5 billion yuan.
• On November 3, 2016,4.54 million single-day bitcoin trades; 22.9 billion yuan.
• On November 16, 2016,5.02 million single-day bitcoin trades; 25.1 billion yuan.
• On December 22, 2016,5.01 million single-day bitcoin trades; 30 billion yuan.

• China Top 100 Innovation and Growth Companies(2014)^[48].
• China Internet Entrepreneurs Conference "Financial Star of Hewlett-Packard"(2014)^[49].
• China Internet Financial Leaderboard "Annual Innovation Award"(2014)^[50].
• China Self-Media "Year’s Best Internet financial platform"(2014)^[51].
• Fourth Annual Northeast Asia Internet and E-commerce Conference "Best New Startup” award(2014)^[52].
• Passed WooYun Public Security certification(2014)^[53].
• Annual Shanghai Internet Venture Summit "Best Entrepreneurial Team"(2015)^[54].
• Financial Geek Awards Ceremony "Annual Financial Geek Platform"(2015)^[55].
• China Self-Media Summit "Most Trusted Internet Financial Platform"(2015)^[56].
• China Self-Media Annual "2016 Most Trusted Financial Enterprise – User’s Choice"(2016)^[57].
• Zhongguancun Internet Finance Forum "2016 China Financial Technology Most Competitive Enterprise Award"(2017)^[58].
• "Annual Financial Technology Security Technology Innovation Award"(2017)^[59].
• Won the Financial Technology Summit Forum “Financial Technology Innovation Award for Outstanding Enterprises”(2017)^[60].

• In November 2013,Huobi was acquired by Dai Zhikang and Xu Xiaoping,the founder of Zhen Fund,to invest in millions of dollars,which was Huobi's first seed investment^[14][61][47].
• In 2014, Huobi raised a $10 Million venture capital investment from Sequoia Capital^[62].