{"id":23044,"date":"2025-04-15T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bybit-ceo-denies-1-4-million-token-listing-fee-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:35:14","slug":"bybit-ceo-denies-1-4-million-token-listing-fee-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bybit-ceo-denies-1-4-million-token-listing-fee-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bybit CEO Denies $1.4 Million Token Listing Fee Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has refuted claims that the exchange charges $1.4 million for token listings, challenging accusers to provide evidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">1. Which school is making students trade contracts? Show the evidence. <br \/>2. Which legal department reported competitors? Evidence? <br \/>3. Which coin listing charged a fee? Evidence? <br \/>The crypto world is chaotic because of idiots like you who spread rumors without evidence and fantasize daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Zhou (@benbybit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benbybit\/status\/1911652217637199932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On April 14, X-account user silverfang88 accused Bybit of demanding fees from projects for coin support. He also alleged that the exchange used influencers to pressure students who received trial contracts through the <a href=\"https:\/\/announcements.bybit.com\/zh-TW\/article\/bybit--blt1f1d8287ec5e19ca\/\">Campus Ambassador<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe crypto world is chaotic because of idiots like you who spread rumors without evidence and fantasize daily,\u201d Zhou responded to the accusations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Bybit representative told <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bybit-denies-1-4-million-listing-fee-rumors\">Cointelegraph<\/a> about the requirements for listing on the platform. According to him, they include a marketing budget, a security deposit, and an evaluation process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cProjects are expected to allocate advertising funds for user acquisition activities, although legal restrictions prevent exchanges from directly holding tokens,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bybit requests $200,000\u2013300,000 in stablecoins from projects for promotion.<\/p>\n<p>The token evaluation process involves application submission, internal voting, research, and a listing review meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe focus on fundamental principles and risk control, including on-chain data, address authenticity, use cases, user distribution, project value, token evaluation, value capture mechanisms, and team credentials,\u201d the Bybit representative explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in March, the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bybit-denies-deposit-restrictions-from-trust-wallet\">denied rumors<\/a> of issues with deposits from the non-custodial Trust Wallet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has refuted claims that the exchange charges $1.4 million for token listings, challenging accusers to provide evidence. 1. Which school is making students trade contracts? Show the evidence. 2. Which legal department reported competitors? Evidence? 3. Which coin listing charged a fee? Evidence? The crypto world is chaotic because of idiots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1151,1166,1286],"class_list":["post-23044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bybit","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-listing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"93","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}