Binance Draws Industry Praise For MegaETH’s MEGA Token Listing
Binance will list MegaETH’s MEGA token on April 30, 2026, with spot trading set to open at 11:00 UTC. The exchange received no allocation or listing fee, drawing wide praise from analysts and founders.
Binance applied its Seed Tag to MEGA. Every major centralized exchange has now added MEGA without taking project tokens, a rare outcome for a Layer 2 (L2) launch.
Binance Joins MEGA Exchange Spread Without Tokens
Spot pairs including MEGA/USDC and MEGA/USDT went live shortly after the Binance announcement. Deposits and trading remain restricted in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and other jurisdictions for regulatory reasons.
MegaETH publicly committed earlier in 2026 to a no-pay listing policy. The team refused to send tokens for fees, liquidity rewards, or promotional airdrops.
The team argued that listings should follow merit and demand, not supply transfers.
“MegaETH has not, and will not, give away MEGA tokens as “fees or airdrops” to any centralized or decentralized exchange for a listing. If an exchange chooses to list the MEGA token, it is because they believe it is a strong project,” the team articulated.
By launch day, Coinbase, Bybit, Upbit, Bithumb, and Binance had each added MEGA without taking project tokens.
Smaller venues including OKX, Bitget, and MEXC also enabled trading. Community members called the spread a “royal flush” and a first for an organic Layer 2 listing run.
Industry Figures Frame Listing as a Shift in Exchange Practice
Simon Dedic, chief executive at Blockhead Capital, said Binance “bent the knee” by listing without compensation. He framed the outcome as a positive signal for token founders weighing exchange demands during launches.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t have expected them to bend the knee and list it for free, so kudos to Binance here. Imagine being such a sought-after project that every major CEX lists you without receiving a single token,” wrote Dedic.
Analyst DeFi Ignas pointed out that Binance had previously committed to supporting builders with large communities. He argued that skipping MEGA would have contradicted that stance.
Notably, Monad’s MON token, which sold publicly on Coinbase earlier in 2026, has not appeared on Binance.
The general sentiment is that the launch is “substantive and principled,” given MegaETH’s avoidance of KOL payments, point-farming campaigns, and supply allocations to exchanges.
The project’s mUSD stablecoin and proximity market design are potential routes for the token to capture network value.
“It’s a rare sight in a space that rewards crime. Good to see good teams win. Hopefully an inspiration playbook for other quality projects to follow,” stated Grail.eth, a popular user on X.
MEGA Trades Near $2 Billion Fully Diluted Valuation
MEGA traded around $0.16 in the hours after the Binance listing announcement. The price placed circulating market cap near $190 million and fully diluted valuation around $1.7 billion. Total supply is 10 billion tokens.
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) buyers saw paper gains of roughly 2x, including those who agreed to a 12-month lock.
However, not every report from the launch was positive, with some users reporting a wallet drain of about $31,920 in USDC.
Community responses pointed to compromised approvals or phishing rather than a protocol fault. Users urged claimants to revoke unused permissions before interacting with new contracts.
The MEGA listing run sets a precedent for other Layer 2 teams to point to. Whether future launches replicate the playbook may depend on whether their tokens see comparable demand.
Supply concessions have long shaped exchange decisions, and few projects have refused them.
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