Privacy Sector Reignited! HTX Hot Listings Weekly Recap (Oct 27-Nov 2): Top Gainer DARK Soars 110%, as AI and Privacy Lead Dual Rallies

In the past week (Oct 27 – Nov 2), the crypto market trended lower amidst volatility, even as mainstream funds flowed back into emerging narrative ￰1￱ such as AI, privacy tokens, and Layer2 saw strong momentum shifts, with several mid- and small-cap tokens delivering impressive ￰2￱ sectors listed on HTX are flourishing simultaneously, driving a sustained increase in trading activity on the platform. Specifically, the AI narrative regained traction amid the x402 protocol boom, while the privacy sector staged a powerful comeback led by veteran assets. Together, AI and privacy emerged as the twin growth engines of this market ￰3￱ Narrative Returns: DARK, GAME, and VIRTUAL Take the Lead The AI sector was undoubtedly the focus this ￰4￱ rise of the x402 protocol reignited on-chain enthusiasm for AI ￰5￱ by Coinbase, the protocol aims to allow AI agents to directly access services through on-chain micropayments, laying the groundwork for an “AI self-paying economy”.

Its rapid emergence has fueled a market frenzy around a series of projects labeled “AI & x402”. ● DARK (Dark Eclipse): As one of the few projects in the Solana ecosystem that integrates both AI and x402 applications, DARK surged 110% this week, emerging as the top ￰6￱ to the recent breakouts of AI-related assets on Solana, DARK’s trading volume has more than tripled, making it a representative asset of the current AI narrative wave. ● GAME (GAME by Virtuals) : GAME, from the Base AI sector, continued its strong momentum with an 80% rally this ￰7￱ the AI agent token of the Virtuals Protocol, GAME is built on the Base ecosystem and carries dual “AI” and “x402” tags, combining strong trading activity with substantial conceptual potential. ● VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) : Up 30%, showing steady ￰8￱ the x402 ecosystem matures, VIRTUAL is poised to become a flagship project in the AI + virtual asset ￰9￱ Thursday, HTX will launch a limited-time Spot Trading Carnival , distributing 20,000 USDT in airdrops to reward active ￰10￱ campaign covers this week’s hottest AI and x402 ecosystem ￰11￱ trading popular spot pairs involving GIGGLE, VIRTUAL, KITE, PAYAI, BLUAI, PING, and PALU, users can share 20,000 USDT in airdrops.

I Hot Token Listing Winners——10.27-11.2 2025 Privacy Sector Stands Out: DASH and ZEC Stage a Strong Comeback ● DASH (Dash) : Up 77% this week, leading the privacy ￰12￱ for its “hybrid privacy + instant payment” model, DASH holds distinct advantages in payment network restructuring and on-chain ￰13￱ recent community-driven DASH Evolution upgrade has rekindled market confidence in the project’s long-term potential. ● ZEC (Zcash) : Up 20% this week, marking a strong rebound for this veteran privacy ￰14￱ one of the pioneering privacy tokens, ZEC is built on zero-knowledge proof (zk-SNARKs) technology and continues to provide foundational support for on-chain privacy ￰15￱ 2 and Derivatives: ZK and ASTER Advance Steadily ● ZK (ZKsync) : Surged 70% this week, a Layer 2 ￰16￱ ZK ecosystem made progress in Rollups, cross-chain interoperability, and privacy expansion, while infrastructure improvements such as zkEVM and zkBridge drove capital ￰17￱ Ethereum’s scaling roadmap enters a new phase, investors are re-evaluating the medium- to long-term value of ZK-related assets. ● ASTER (Aster) : Rose 20% this week, a standout performer in decentralized perpetuals (PerpDEX).

The PerpDEX sector is largely driven by trading volume and market ￰18￱ activity in the derivatives market increased, ASTER steadily expanded its user base through its low-fee, high-leverage product ￰19￱ and Privacy Resonate, Intensifying Structural Market Rotation Overall, AI and privacy emerged as the two main forces driving market recovery this ￰20￱ former represents the push to expand the boundaries of innovation and efficiency, while the latter signifies both a steadfast commitment to and a revival of the decentralized ￰21￱ DARK’s explosive rally to the resurgence of DASH and ZEC, the market is witnessing the convergence and resonance of new and traditional ￰22￱ learn more about HTX, please visit ￰0￱ HTX Square , and follow HTX on X , Telegram , and ￰23￱ post Privacy Sector Reignited!

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