A token is listing-ready when it can show: an identifiable, KYC-ready team; a working product with verifiable users; documented tokenomics, vesting, and circulating supply; audited and verified contracts; a legal position (and a legal opinion where the exchange asks for one); and a liquidity plan with a market maker in place before trading opens. The weights in this self-assessment reflect what official exchange pages emphasise, such as Binance’s focus on user adoption, token distribution, technical risk and, for circulating tokens, liquidity depth.
Key takeaways
- The heaviest weights are on team, users, tokenomics, security, and liquidity.
- A score is a prompt, not a prediction; exchanges make their own decisions.
- Every gap links to the guide that explains how to close it.
How the score is weighted
| Area | Weight | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Team, product and users, tokenomics, audit, market maker | 10 each | Named directly in official criteria (Binance, Kraken, Coinbase, KuCoin) |
| Circulating supply, legal opinion | 8 each | Binance reviews token distribution; KuCoin requires a legal opinion |
| Inventory, verified contracts, DEX history | 5–6 | Needed to trade well from day one |
| MiCA, custody, community, aggregators, data room | 3–4 | Important, but rarely decisive alone |
The score is a self-check, not a prediction. Exchanges make their own decisions.
Frequently asked questions
What score do we need to apply?
No score guarantees anything. As a rule of thumb, fix every gap in the top half of the list before applying to a selective exchange; smaller exchanges may review earlier-stage projects.
Where do the criteria come from?
From the official listing pages summarised in our exchange guides and what exchanges look for, including Binance’s listing requirements notice, Kraken’s evaluation criteria, and KuCoin’s document list.
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