Mark03r

Business Development & Listings @CoinMarketCap. DM me if you need help with listings, marketing or CMC Labs acceleration

[Mark03r @mark03r]

Coordination is one of the missing pieces, together with serious (BD) work to find real product-market fit when it comes to serving consumer and business end-users. I've seen multiple onchain FX projects build in isolation, often solving the same problems independently and without a clear path to adoption. A shared registry is a powerful next step, but the harder work is still ahead: getting these projects to work with the right partners, distributors, and end-users.

[Mark03r @mark03r]

The Netherlands is punching above its weight.🥊 And I love it!

Wherever I went during @EthCC and @ParisBlockWeek recently, eventually someone would laugh and say:

"𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦."

It’s true. The Netherlands is tiny, but our Web3 footprint is massive. Usually, we are the ones hopping on flights to go to all the major conferences. But in two months, the ecosystem is coming to us. 🇳🇱

@DutchBlockWeek (June 22–28) is coming up. It’s been great to watch my friends Christiaan Jimmink, Rudolf van Ee and Jan Scheele scale this event over the years, with fantastic support from my friend Demian P. and others. They are scaling up massively this summer by taking over the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam.

I always tell international teams: if you want to tap into the European market, this is an event you shouldn’t miss. Compared to the massive price tags at other flagship events worldwide, the ROI here simply can’t be beaten.

I’ll be there all week representing @CoinMarketCap. If you're a builder or an international team thinking about making the trip, let me know. I'm always happy to have a chat and introduce you to the organizing team. 🤝

Who is making the trip to Amsterdam this summer? 👇 I hope to see you there!

[Mark03r @mark03r]

Most crypto founders and exchange teams overcomplicate their listing strategy.

They spend too much time worrying about their narrative, PR, or community size, hoping to pass a complex, subjective evaluation process at CoinMarketCap.

Let’s be pragmatic. The reality of getting listed today is much more straightforward. There are essentially two routes.

🛣️ 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵)
For the vast majority of projects and exchanges, a listing is a standard B2B transaction. You are covering the infrastructure and integration bandwidth.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: The technical reality. For a token, this is just a basic sanity check to ensure there are no obvious red flags. For an exchange, it’s a rigorous process requiring production-ready APIs and live data endpoints.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: Your marketing roadmap. If the technical side checks out and the commercial terms are settled, the integration happens. It's that simple.

🚀 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 (𝗧𝗵𝗲 <𝟭%)
This is the purely organic track, reserved for the absolute top fraction of the market.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: Unignorable market dominance. Your token or exchange is generating so much volume, liquidity, and attention that CMC simply cannot afford to miss you. If excluding your data makes the platform look incomplete, you bypass the commercial route entirely.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼-𝗧𝗼-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆?
Decide early which game you are playing.

Either budget for a standard commercial integration as a normal part of your launch runway, or focus 100% of your energy on building a product that generates volume so massive the market forces the listing.

There is no in-between.

If you’re planning a launch this year: which one are you optimizing for right now? Speed, certainty or cost?

[Mark03r @mark03r]

@IOTradersIO @coingecko Congrats team! Nice work👏

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Lately, I've seen a lot of confusion around exchange listings on CoinMarketCap.

It’s essential to understand the difference between an exchange listing and a token listing. Misunderstanding this can cost you critical launch momentum.

Here is what many exchanges don't realize:

🪙 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 = 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 & 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱
Token listings require essentially zero dev work from CMC. Submit the correct form, go through the Priority flow, and you are often listed within 24 hours.

🏦 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 = 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲-𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆
Exchange integrations are a completely different story.

•   Dev resources need to be mobilized to map APIs.
•   Ongoing maintenance kicks in.
•   Our dev team is already fully booked building new features (like Prediction Markets and CMC AI) and servicing clients who have invested in priority access.

That changes the economics entirely.

Without Priority access, your exchange integration isn't just sitting in a regular queue, it's waiting for rare, unallocated dev time. Often, that means waiting indefinitely.

𝗖𝗠𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
To solve this, CMC offers a Priority service for exchange listings, flat-priced at $50k.

This structure exists for a reason: to streamline the technical process, allocate dedicated developers to your integration, and avoid comparison shopping and drawn-out negotiations. The pricing is generally fixed unless you're bundling a (much) larger advertising package.

Let me be fully transparent: unless your exchange already belongs to the absolute top exchanges globally in traction, you won't get listed without using Priority. Relying on the organic queue is not a strategy you can build a launch around.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀✅
A CMC exchange listing is absolutely worth pursuing. The visibility is unmatched, the credibility is real, and your user base will love it. The key is going in with a clear plan rather than just submitting a ticket and hoping for the best.

Understand the process. Budget for the integration if you can. Move forward with certainty.

[Mark03r @mark03r]

@proroketh @CoinMarketCap Congrats team!

[Mark03r @mark03r]

Why some legitimate tokens still struggle with supply verification 🧐

I regularly speak with founders who are frustrated that their token supply doesn't get verified.

From their side, it makes sense:

- Their product is live
- They have (growing) organic volume
- They are not using bots or inflating volumes in other ways

So why doesn't @CoinMarketCap verify them?

Because our main job is to protect our users and keep comparisons fair across thousands of assets.

When a token only has one or two trading venues, price discovery becomes fragile and rank manipulation is easier. Tokens could show up on our homepage in the Top 100 overnight, whether manipulated or not. Even with honest volume, it’s simply easier to influence price, liquidity, and rankings with relatively little capital.

From a data platform’s perspective, that’s a risk.

That’s why the same guidance comes up again and again:

1. Strengthen liquidity and trading depth
2. Increase the amount of trading venues, especially on the most reputable ones

This makes price discovery more resilient and decreases the chances of (intended or unitended) rank manipulation.

If you’re a founder navigating CMC listings, supply verification or exchange strategy and want some help, hit me up.

[Mark03r @mark03r]

@CipherNetSolana @coingecko Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

[Mark03r @mark03r]

Stop arguing about which crypto data tool is "the best."

That’s like arguing whether a thermometer is better than an X-ray.

𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀.

Here’s the mental model I use to separate the signal from the noise:

@CoinMarketCap / @coingecko
“What exists, and where can I trade it?”
Use for: Discovery, market cap and liquidity context, and legitimacy checks.

@MessariCrypto
“What is this thing trying to be?”
Use for: Structured narratives, protocol overviews, and quarterly reports.

@glassnode
“What are the whales and long-term holders doing?”
Use for: Behavior over time, not today’s hype.

@Dune
“What is actually happening on-chain right now?”
Use for: Real usage stats and spotting trends before they get a name.

@bubblemaps
“Is this token distribution… normal?”
Use for: Spotting wallet clusters. Nothing kills a narrative faster than artificial supply.

Make sure to work on the right questions with the right tools.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?

[Mark03r @mark03r]

@RankChain_ Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@SwordsofBlood_ @coingecko @CoinstoreExc Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@astrolescent @djtrebel Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@JBCcollective Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@NibiruChain Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@macaron_bid @coingecko Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@prlxchain @coingecko Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@prlxchain Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@prvtdotchat @coingecko Congratulations with your listing on @coingecko! If you need any help with your @CoinMarketCap listing, feel free to shoot me a DM :)

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@tokenforge Gm! I hope all is going well :) If you need help with your listing, feel free send me a DM!