Treat as fake anyone who guarantees a listing, asks for payment to a personal wallet, claims to represent Binance, Upbit or Bitget (which say they use no intermediaries), asks for documents through Google Forms or non-official email (Bithumb’s warning), or bundles “volume support”. Binance says it does not appoint or recognise any listing agents and offers priority review to projects that report them; Upbit and Bithumb run listing-fraud report channels.
Seven checks before you pay anyone
- Does the exchange accept third parties at all? Binance, Bitget and Upbit say no.
- Is the contract signed by the exchange’s own legal entity?
- Is any deposit paid to the exchange, with written refund conditions?
- Is the contact verified on the exchange’s official verification page (OKX, BingX and others run one)?
- Is there a guarantee? No exchange guarantees listings.
- Is “volume” or “chart support” part of the package? That is wash trading.
- Is there extreme time pressure?
Where to report
- Binance: report intermediaries for priority review.
- Upbit: Customer Center → Report Listing-Related Fraud.
- Bithumb: listing.bithumb.com/scam.
More: listing scams and fake agents, crypto listing agents.
Sources
- Binance Square: How Binance listing works and warnings about third parties posing as representatives
- Upbit notice: no fees for trading support (20 Mar 2025)
- Bithumb notice: how to apply and impersonation warning (2023)
- Bitget: Application for listing crypto projects
Last reviewed 12 November 2026. Exchange and platform policies change; always confirm on the official page before acting.
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