HTX runs three individual verification levels. L1 Basic Permissions asks for your nationality, name, date of birth and ID number, with no document upload, and unlocks deposits and withdrawals. L2HTX runs three individual verification levels. L1 Basic Permissions asks for your nationality, name, date of birth and ID number, with no document upload, and unlocks deposits and withdrawals. L2
HTX KYC Requirements in 2026: Why Do Review Sites Say 3,000 BTC When HTX Says 200?
HTX runs three individual verification levels.
L1 Basic Permissions asks for your nationality, name, date of birth and ID number, with no document upload, and unlocks deposits and withdrawals.
L2 adds an ID document and L3 adds face recognition.
The most recent HTX notice we could find, dated 14 October 2022, sets 5 BTC per 24 hours at L1 and 200 BTC at L2 and L3.
Key takeaways
- HTX runs three individual verification levels, and L1 needs basic details and an ID number rather than a document.
- HTX's notice of 14 October 2022 sets 5 BTC a day at L1 and 200 BTC at L2 and L3, with institutional accounts at 1,000 BTC.
- A separate notice from August 2021 capped accounts with no verification level at 0.06 BTC a day.
- The 3,000 BTC figure widely quoted for L3 appears in no HTX withdrawal-limit notice we could find.
- Limits are a 24-hour cumulative total across all assets priced in BTC, and HTX can cut them under risk control.
- No verification level overrides residence, and EU operators have been barred from transacting with the listed HTX entity since 23 August 2026.
Does HTX Require KYC in 2026? Three Levels, Not One Gate
HTX requires verification for the functions most users care about, and it structures that requirement as three levels rather than one gate.
L1 unlocks deposit and withdrawal permissions, while L2 and L3 raise deposit, withdrawal and purchase limits.
Higher levels also widen access to better P2P advertisers, according to HTX's own verification guide.
No document is uploaded and no photograph is taken at L1, and the 5 BTC figure attached to that level comes from HTX's October 2022 notice rather than from a page dated this year.
What does each HTX verification level ask for?
L1 Basic Permissions takes basic personal details and an ID number.
L2 Basic Verification requires photos of an accepted identity document, currently a passport, ID card or driver's licence, with the front and back uploaded into their designated fields.
L3 Advanced Verification adds face recognition and can only start once L1 and L2 are complete.
Level | Basic details and ID number | ID document upload | Face recognition | What it unlocks |
L1 Basic Permissions | Required | Not required | Not required | Deposit and withdrawal permissions |
L2 Basic Verification | Required | Required | Not required | Higher deposit, withdrawal and purchase limits |
L3 Advanced Verification | Required | Required | Required | Highest limits and broader P2P advertiser access |
Data verified as of 10 September 2026 against HTX's official identity verification guide.
HTX also publishes a fallback most guides miss: if your region is not supported for standard verification but supports Dominican Citizenship Verification, the system prompts you to switch and you consent before submitting.
How much can you withdraw at each HTX level?
HTX's notice of 14 October 2022 sets individual limits at 5 BTC per 24 hours for L1 and 200 BTC per 24 hours for both L2 and L3.
The same notice raises institutional Basic and Advanced accounts to 1,000 BTC per 24 hours.
An earlier notice, from August 2021, capped accounts that had completed no ID verification at 0.06 BTC a day.
Account status | 24-hour withdrawal limit | Source notice and date |
No verification level completed | 0.06 BTC | Adjustment on max withdrawal limit for users without ID verification, effective 8 August 2021 |
L1 Basic Permissions | 5 BTC | Notice on adjusting withdrawal limits, effective 14 October 2022 |
L2 Basic Verification | 200 BTC | Notice on adjusting withdrawal limits, effective 14 October 2022 |
L3 Advanced Verification | 200 BTC | Notice on adjusting withdrawal limits, effective 14 October 2022 |
Institutional Basic and Advanced | 1,000 BTC | Notice on adjusting withdrawal limits, effective 14 October 2022 |
Data verified as of 10 September 2026 against each platform's official notices and help centre.
Since February 2021 the limit has been a 24-hour cumulative total across every asset, converted into BTC, rather than a per-coin allowance.
The daily allowance refreshes at 16:00 UTC, and HTX states that it can reduce an individual limit if account behaviour triggers risk control under its user agreement.
Why do review sites quote 3,000 BTC and 0.006 BTC?
Because the newest HTX withdrawal-limit notice we could find dates from October 2022, and four years of secondary coverage has drifted from it.
The two figures that match a published notice are 5 BTC at L1 and 200 BTC at L2 and L3.
The 3,000 BTC figure attached to L3, and the 0.006 BTC figure attached to unverified accounts, match no HTX notice we could locate.
We are not saying those numbers were invented.
Limits can be set per account, and a figure a reviewer saw inside their own dashboard in a given year is a real reading of that dashboard.
It is simply not a published rule, which is why your own account page is the only authority for the limit you actually have.
How long does HTX verification take, and why does it fail?
We could not find a published service-level time for HTX's review, and the failure causes it does publish are avoidable: its guide warns that uploading the front and back document photos into the wrong fields can break the later face check.
For L3 it asks for a well-lit room, a stable connection, nobody else in frame, and no hats, masks or other face coverings.
Submitted details must match the document exactly, so a shortened first name or a transliterated surname is enough to send an application back.
What can you do on HTX without verifying?
An account with no verification level completed was capped at 0.06 BTC a day by HTX's August 2021 notice, which is a functional account rather than a usable trading one for most people.
This page is not a route around verification.
Limits exist because both platforms operate under anti-money-laundering obligations, and HTX states plainly that it can tighten an individual limit when risk control flags an account.
If you need higher limits, HTX publishes a request path: an in-app ticket under Support, then User Self Service, then Withdrawal Limit, with a stated response within 24 hours.
That review can ask for video verification or proof of the source of your funds.
Is card and fiat access a separate verification?
Yes, and it sits under a different legal entity.
An HTX support page states that card purchases are provided by HTX Technology (Gibraltar) Co., Ltd, described there as regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission under licence number 24790.
That entity runs its own verification tiers with their own per-order and per-month ceilings, separate from the L1 to L3 ladder, and we are not quoting those figures because the page carrying them has not been updated in years.
Can verification override where you live?
No, and this is the answer that matters most in 2026.
EU operators have been barred from transactions with the entity the European Union lists as HTX (Huobi Global SA) since 23 August 2026, under the sanctions package the Council of the European Union adopted on 23 July 2026.
After the UK designated Huobi Global S.A. in May 2026, HTX said publicly that the listed entity is legally distinct from its online exchange and that user funds were unaffected.
The measure is a transaction ban rather than an asset freeze, and reporting by The Block notes that eligible EU, EEA and Swiss nationals and residents may apply for authorisation to withdraw funds or close accounts within three months of the ban taking effect.
No verification level changes that, because the restriction attaches to the platform and the user's jurisdiction rather than to the strength of an identity check.
MEXC is not authorised under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework and appears on ESMA's register of non-compliant entities following the Dutch AFM decision of September 2025, so EEA readers should use a platform authorised in their own jurisdiction.
Readers in the United Kingdom or the United States should treat this page as reference only and use a venue licensed where they live, and our ranked list of exchanges for 2026 sets out who holds what.
How does HTX's verification compare with MEXC's?
MEXC's Help Center sets out two individual levels, Primary KYC and Advanced KYC, plus a separate Institutional route for companies, funds and trusts.
Primary KYC takes a government identity document, front and back, with all four corners visible.
Institutional verification asks for company governance and ownership documents, and accepts only valid passports for directors, authorised representatives and beneficial owners of 25% or more.
Withdrawal ceilings depend on your level and your region, so your own account page is the figure to trust.
MEXC allows three Primary KYC attempts and three Advanced KYC attempts per day, which is published, so a failed submission is a same-day problem rather than an open-ended one.
For the full platform-level comparison rather than the verification view, we publish a MEXC vs HTX comparison.
Outside the EEA, the UK and the United States, the verification requirements above are published in full before you start.
How do HTX verification scams work?
Search results for exchange verification attract impostors, and the pattern is consistent: someone claiming to be support offers to push your verification through, then asks for a fee, a screen-share, or your document photos over chat.
None of that is part of any verification flow, on HTX or anywhere else.
Verification happens inside the app or on the official site, and nobody outside it can complete the check for you.
The Federal Trade Commission reported that the median loss to impersonation scams using its own name rose from 3,000 US dollars in 2019 to 7,000 US dollars in 2024, and the same playbook is pointed at exchange users.
HTX publishes its own support ticket path and support email address, and those are the only channels worth answering.
The MEXC View
We run a competing exchange, so weigh this section accordingly.
HTX's L1 is a genuinely better on-ramp than ours.
An account can reach a published 5 BTC daily withdrawal limit on basic details and an ID number, with no document upload and no selfie, and our first individual level asks for a government document immediately.
For a user who wants to move a modest amount of crypto without handing over a passport scan, that is a real advantage and we do not match it.
The newest HTX withdrawal-limit notice we could find is from October 2022, and in the four years since, secondary sources have filled the gap with figures that do not trace back to it.
My own read, after reading both verification guides line by line for this series: the limit is not the problem, the documentation is.
A user at L1 has no published way to check whether the 5 BTC figure still holds.
For how we check claims like these, see our review methodology, and for reserve disclosure across venues, which exchanges publish proof of reserves.
If the verification ladder is your reason for looking elsewhere, our roundup of HTX alternatives compared on fees and reserves covers the field.
Frequently asked questions
Does HTX require KYC?
HTX uses three verification levels rather than a single requirement.
L1 unlocks deposits and withdrawals and needs only basic details and an ID number, while L2 and L3 raise limits.
What documents does HTX accept?
At L2, HTX accepts a passport, ID card or driver's licence, uploaded front and back.
The accepted list varies by country, so the submission page shows the types available to you.
How much can I withdraw from HTX without verification?
An account with no verification level was capped at 0.06 BTC a day by HTX's August 2021 notice.
Completing L1 raises the published limit to 5 BTC per 24 hours.
Is the HTX daily limit 3,000 BTC at Level 3?
We could not find that figure in any HTX withdrawal-limit notice.
The most recent notice, from October 2022, lists 200 BTC per 24 hours at both L2 and L3.
Why did my HTX face verification fail?
HTX asks for a well-lit room, a stable connection, nobody else in frame and no hats or masks.
Uploading the front and back document photos into the wrong fields can also break the check.
Can I verify an HTX account from the EU or the US?
Verification does not override jurisdiction, and EU operators have been barred from transacting with the listed HTX entity since 23 August 2026.
US and UK readers should use a locally licensed venue.
Risk and compliance note
Verification rules and withdrawal limits change without notice, and every figure on this page was read from official notices and help centre pages on 10 September 2026.
Your own account page is the authority for the limit applied to you.
Nothing here is advice on avoiding identity verification, and both platforms operate under anti-money-laundering obligations that allow limits to be reduced on individual accounts.
MEXC is not authorised under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, appears on ESMA's register of non-compliant entities, and is not available to US persons.
Nothing here is investment advice, and platform availability depends on your country of residence and verification status.
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This article is provided by Sarah Chen for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency markets involve significant risk. Please conduct independent research or consult a qualified professional before making any investment decisions. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of MEXC or its affiliates.
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