New crypto token listings top last year’s total
new tokens have been listed on major digital-asset exchanges in the first half of this year than in all of 2023.
On higher-volume exchanges including Binance and Bybit, coin listings are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in the first six months of the year, according an analysis of select exchanges that CCData conducted for Bloomberg. Among a handful of lower-volume exchanges including CoinJar and BTC Markets, listings are up nearly 32% to 488, the researcher found.
The tally is from so-called centralised exchanges such as Binance or Coinbase Global that hold custody of users' assets. The figure doesn't include the deluge of memecoins that are inspired by internet memes or trends that trade on decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap that allow users to maintain control over their assets. More than one million memecoins have been issued already this year.
The surge in listings on centralised exchanges has been driven by this year's rally in crypto prices, which has been led by market bellwether Bitcoin's more than 50% increase. Expectations for more regulatory leeway have been bolstered by the US approval of Bitcoin and Ether ETFs this year, along with growing speculation that Donald Trump will by more crypto-friendly if he is elected
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