The username you select can be either a telephone number or an email address. Huobi warns that email address verification might be erroneously marked as spam, so it’s important to check your spam folder for the verification email once you create an account.
Once you have created your account, verified the email and then logged in for the first time you are presented with a welcome screen which offers you the choice of purchasing some cryptocurrency with Chinese Yuan (CNY), US dollars (USD) and Singapore dollars (SGD) using their OTC service or transferring some which you already own to the exchange.
Once you’ve created an account, it’s time to visit the basic exchange. Huobi offers USDT, BTC, and ETH pairings. There are just over 40 USDT pairings, about 100 BTC pairings, and a similar number of ETH pairings. The pairings are divided into categories according to how long they’ve been on Huobi and whether they are a fork of an existing coin. All pair prices can be viewed in terms of the trading pair or U.S. dollars.
The main trading screen is fairly comprehensive with all available trading pairs located on the left in their own sidebar.