What is crypto market making?
Bids, asks, spread, depth, inventory, and how market makers earn, explained without sales language.
Read moreHow to choose a market maker
Identity, strategy, KPIs, loan terms, custody, reporting, and references: a step-by-step evaluation.
Read moreMarket maker red flags
Volume promises, price targets, personal wallets, no contract, unverifiable reports, and other warning signs.
Read moreMarket maker KPIs
How to define and verify spread, depth at ±2%, uptime, and volume share in a market-making contract.
Read moreRetainer vs loan and option model
How the two main market-making deal structures work, who carries which risk, and when a hybrid makes sense.
Read moreToken loan terms explained
Loan size, term, strikes, tranches, exercise, return, custody, and the clauses that protect the project.
Read moreWhat drives market-making cost
The variables that set the price of a market-making engagement, and why any single number is misleading.
Read moreMarket making vs wash trading
Real liquidity versus fake volume, the 2024 U.S. enforcement cases, EU rules, and how exchanges respond.
Read morePre-listing checklist
A step-by-step checklist from contract and documents to liquidity, communications, and listing day.
Read moreListing day playbook
What happens from deposit window to opening auction to the first three days, and who does what.
Read moreLiquidity around a CEX listing
What exchanges watch in a newly listed book, why volume is a weak signal, and what to prepare.
Read moreCEX vs DEX liquidity
Order books versus AMM pools, who provides liquidity in each, and how prices stay linked.
Read moreListing scams and fake agents
What Binance, Bitget, Kraken, Gate, KuCoin, OKX and CoinMarketCap say about agents, fees, and impersonators.
Read moreMiCA white papers for listings
Why EU listings need a MiCA white paper, OKX's 20-business-day rule, templates, ESG data, and machine-readable format.
Read moreQuestions to ask a market maker
A ready-to-send question list covering identity, venues, strategy, KPIs, inventory, loans, reporting, and exit.
Read moreMarket making for small caps
What realistic market making looks like for small or new tokens: scope, inventory, venues, and expectations.
Read moreToken unlocks and liquidity
How vesting cliffs, unlocks, airdrops, and treasury sales hit the order book, and how to prepare.
Read moreDelisting risk
Common reasons exchanges and data sites delist tokens, from low liquidity to misconduct, and how to stay listed.
Read moreWhere to start
- New to market making? Start with what crypto market making is, then retainer vs loan and option models.
- Comparing proposals? Use how to choose a market maker, questions to ask, and KPIs.
- Listing soon? Work through the pre-listing checklist and the launch day playbook.
- Something feels off? Read red flags, wash trading, and listing scams.
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