Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, the third largest crypto exchange in the world, published the Exchange topping process on Saturday. X afterArmstrong noted that the movement aims to strengthen the transparency of the list process of Coinbase. He wrote:
“… lists are free and on merits based. Each active is evaluated against the same standards.”
How tokens are mentioned on Coinbase
According to the blog after With the title ‘A Guide to the Digital Asset Listing Process in Coinbase’, there are five important steps:
The first step includes submitting an application. Project developers must complete an online questionnaire that requires important information, from white paper and Tokenomics to team background and source code.
Based on the entry, Coinbase assesses business factors, including market demand, community traction and the technical requirements to integrate them with the stock market.
The application then goes through a thorough assessment process through the Legal, Compliance and Technical Security Team from Coinbase. From a legal perspective, Coinbase mainly analyzes whether a token will be regarded as a security.
The exchange also investigates the activities on the chains and the token distribution to ward off security risks and financial crime.
In addition, the stock market also carries out a security check for technical vulnerabilities by reviewing the contract code, design and operational risks. In the case of new block chains, Coinbase evaluates aspects such as technical design, consensus mechanism, networking power and board model.
The exchange keeps the token -emissioners informed of the assessment process via e -mails or phone calls. Once the token has been approved by the Core Review teams, it starts to act on Coinbase as soon as the stock market completes the technical integration.
The blog post comments:
“Us [listing] Process is thorough because our standards are designed to protect customers, support healthy markets and to provide projects the strongest possible basis for long -term success. “
Token -Assignment time line and rollout
In general, Coinbase takes about a week to perform the necessary diligens of a token. Once the token has been approved, the stock market takes about two weeks before the technical integration trade makes possible.
The post noted that the exchange generally takes less than 30 days of assessment to mention a token. However, the timeline can be considerably shorter or longer, based on factors such as the complexity of the token, whether it is supported by the network, the response of the project team and the time required to complete the technical requirements for trade and custody.
Moreover, the list of priority and timeline also depends on the assessment of coinbase of the question of the token, traction between holders, community sensiment and track record of the team.
Coinbase also ensures that after a token has been approved for mention, it is rolled out in a phased way. Firstly, Coinbase enables users to only deposit tokens to build liquidity.
Limit orders are then collected for at least 10 minutes to determine an indicative opening price for token. The auction is concluded with a matching trade or with an opening quotation in the event of no agreement.
This is followed by trading status, whereby token can start with limit only orders or full trade.
Common obstacles and reasons for the delay of the token list
There are three major problems that contribute to the delay of the list of a token.
Firstly, the regulatory risk profile of a project is not clearly increasing the purpose of the token, administrative rights and the use of Real-World. Projects that claim that their token ‘go to the moon’ without evidence, for example, to support the claim are challenges for mentioning their token on Coinbase.
Secondly, Coinbase evaluates the degree of centralization and some checkpoints from the blockchain security perspective to assess the risk.
Finally, projects that submit incomplete applications are showed delays in the assessment process. Not informing coinbase of important changes to the project during the assessment can also cause delays.