HTX has published its weekly recap of active listings for the period from 22 to 28 December. The update shows strong price moves across several newly listed and actively traded assets. As 2025 nears its end, trading activity has picked up, supported by year-end flows and improving market sentiment. AI, privacy, and memecoin sectors all recorded gains, with capital moving toward clear themes and higher-growth opportunities.
AI Assets Regain Focus as PAYAI and SQD Lead
Artificial intelligence remains a key theme in the current crypto cycle, with wider adoption pushing renewed interest in application-level assets. A major driver this week was the release of Version 2 of x402, an open-source payment protocol for AI agents developed by the Coinbase developer team. The update added native multi-chain support, including Base and Solana, and enabled links to traditional payment systems such as ACH and card networks. These changes improve the ability of AI services to operate at scale.
Following the update, several assets linked to the x402 ecosystem posted strong gains. This reflects a broader trend in 2025, where AI projects move from early concepts toward revenue-focused deployment. HTX’s early listings in this area allowed users to access these assets as interest returned.
- PAYAI (PayAI Network) rose 103%, becoming one of the strongest performers within the x402-linked AI group.
- SQD (Subsquid) gained 114%, reflecting renewed interest in AI-related data and compute infrastructure.
Privacy Tokens See Fresh Inflows as ZBT and ZEC Advance
On-chain privacy has returned to focus as a core layer for future market cycles. With regulation and industry structure under review, privacy assets have seen fresh inflows across both newer and established projects. HTX’s range of listings allowed participation across this theme.
- ZBT (Zerobase) climbed 127%, making it the top-performing asset of the week.
- ZEC (Zcash) rose 22%. Zcash is a decentralised, open-source privacy-focused project.
Memecoins Record Year-End Activity
As the year draws to a close, memecoin trading has picked up. Assets with simple narratives and strong liquidity once again showed sharp price movement. On HTX, several memecoins posted gains, supported by active trading conditions.
- DONKEY increased 21%. It is a BSC-based memecoin with an active community.
- MYRO (Myro) rose 29%. It is built on Solana.
- HIPPO (sudeng) gained 33% within the SUI ecosystem.
Broader Recovery Across DeFi and Layer 1 Projects
Beyond the main narratives, gains across DeFi and Layer 1 assets suggest improving capital inflows and support for a continued year-end trend.
- 0G (Zero Gravity) rose 38% and sits at the overlap of DeFi and AI.
- SPK (Spark) increased 17%, supported by improving expectations around the protocol.
- XPL (Plasma) gained 25% as a Layer 1 payment infrastructure project.
Positioning for Early Opportunities
As market conditions stabilise, differences between sectors and assets remain clear. Access to early listings and strong liquidity continues to matter for users seeking opportunities in a changing cycle. Across many of this week’s strongest performers, HTX had already enabled trading at an early stage.
Through its listing approach and trading infrastructure, HTX continues to support efficient access to emerging assets as market conditions evolve. The platform plans to continue expanding asset coverage and liquidity in line with user demand and market trends. Further market updates and insights are available through HTX channels.
