Huobi Grouping, a major global blockchain company behind the world's third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is celebrating its eighth birthday in a somewhat unusual way.

The company will agree a series of events as part of its eighth-anniversary celebrations, including giveaway promotions and a infinite travel ticket, Huobi told to Cointelegraph on Wednesday.

Huobi volition hold a contest that will offer ane lucky winner an experience to literally travel into space. All Huobi Global users across the world are eligible to participate in a costless contest, but in that location are certain limitations.

"There are still health requirements that have to be passed in order to go to space, just these details will exist revealed at a afterwards bespeak," Jeff Mei, manager of global strategy at Huobi Group, told Cointelegraph.

The company declined to disembalm what space agency will provide this space trip for Huobi, or whether information technology will happen through a individual firm such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin or Elon Musk'south SpaceX.

"The bulletin we're trying to ship with this contest is that the concept of infinite is open to everyone, and this reflects the openness of cryptocurrencies and Huobi'south platform," Mei added.

Continuing until late November, Huobi's anniversary celebrations volition also include the company's annual online forum, the Huobi Meridian 2022: Blockchain and Beyond. The outcome volition take place on Monday, featuring panel discussions with industry experts alongside government officials.

The listing of speakers will include Alan Greenspan, a onetime chairman of the United states Federal Reserve. Greenspan will discuss global inflation as many investors have turned to cryptocurrencies in search of higher yields.

Greenspan is known as a major proponent of Bitcoin (BTC), comparing Bitcoin to that of the early form of coin in the U.S. called the "continental currency." He also criticized the idea of the central bank digital currency in 2022.

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Huobi Group co-founder Du Jun noted that the company will continue to expand its global footprint to introduce innovative products and localized services, starting with markets in Turkey and Brazil. To reinforce its global expansion, Huobi is looking to accept increased its global headcount from 2,300 employees to 3,000 by the end of 2022.

Huobi was recently forced to get out Prc after the Chinese government enforced another major cryptocurrency ban in late September. As of mid-October, Huobi's businesses operated outside of People's republic of china and amounted to around 70% in terms of trading volumes and revenues.