🆕 HollaEx® v2.18 -- Martini

HollaEx® v2.18.0, codenamed Martini, is a release focused on refinement: cleaner onboarding, stronger verification, smoother account flows, and practical fixes across the platform.

Like a classic martini, this update is not about adding unnecessary complexity. It is about balance. Every part of the account experience: signup, verification, admin control, referrals, and security...

It has been tightened to create a more polished crypto experience.

Read the bullet points at https://docs.hollaex.com/releases/versions#v2.18.0-martini-2026-05-05 or read on below for the details:

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Phone-First Signup and SMS Verification

The main feature is support for phone number signup. Exchange operators can now support users who prefer or require phone-based onboarding, making account creation more flexible across different markets.

This is paired with SMS code verification, giving users a direct way to confirm their phone number during signup and verification flows.

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Better Verification Management

Phone verification is also easier to manage after signup. Operators now have clearer phone verification statuses, verified and unverified phone indicators, admin controls, and user settings updates.

This makes phone identity easier to manage from both the user side and the operator side.

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Smoother Login and Signup Flows

A broader theme of this release is consistency. Login and signup behavior has been refined across email, username, phone, and Google OAuth flows.

Google OAuth password handling has also been improved, while API error messages and Swagger documentation have been cleaned up for clearer responses.

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Stronger Protection Behind the Scenes

Internal rate limiting now covers more important endpoints, especially around authentication and user flows. The update also improves 403 error handling for out-of-scope and role permission cases.

These updates help protect critical account flows while making system behavior clearer for operators and developers.

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Referral and Stability Improvements

A new referral connect endpoint improves referral linking and tracking behavior, helping keep growth and onboarding flows better connected.

The release also includes a wide range of stability fixes, including improvements for plugin startup, deposit page crashes, fiat off-ramp values, minichart loading, user settings consistency, SMS signup email verification, OTP behavior, and zero referral users.

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Classic

A classic refinement release -- HollaEx® v2.18

Like the cocktail, this update is all about clarity and balance, and there probably isn't a better name than “Martini.”

We've poured advanced technologies into this update such as telephonic signup, verification via SMS, more controls for accounts, referral improvements and rate limit protection. For exchange operators, this translates into more tasteful onboarding experience and and smoother verification controls over user accounts.